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Speak (Anderson novel)

Not to be confused with Speak (Louisa Hall novel).
Speak
First edition
AuthorLaurie Halse Anderson
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult fiction
PublisherFarrar Straus Giroux
Publication date
October 22, 1999
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardback and paperback
Pages197 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN0-374-37152-0
OCLC40298254
[Fic] 21
LC ClassPZ7.A54385 Sp 1999

Speak, published in 1999, is a young adult novel by Laurie Halse Anderson that tells the story of high school freshman Melinda Sordino.[1][2] After Melinda is raped at an end of summer party, she calls the police, who break up the party. Melinda is then ostracized by her peers because she will not say why she called the police.[1][2] Unable to verbalize what happened, Melinda nearly stops speaking altogether,[1] expressing her voice through the art she produces for Mr. Freeman's class.[1][3] This expression slowly helps Melinda acknowledge what happened, face her problems, and recreate her identity.[2][4]

Speak is considered a problem novel, or trauma novel.[1] Melinda's story is written in a diary format, consisting of a nonlinear plot and jumpy narrative that mimics the trauma she experienced.[1][2] Additionally, Anderson employs intertextual symbolism in the narrative, incorporating fairy tale imagery, such as Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and author Maya Angelou, to further represent Melinda's trauma.[1]

The novel was based on Anderson's personal experience of having been raped as a teenager and the trauma she faced.[5]

Since its publication, the novel has won several awards and has been translated into sixteen languages.[6] However, the book has faced censorship for its mature content.[7] In 2004, Jessica Sharzer directed the film adaptation, starring Kristen Stewart as Melinda.[8]

Speak: The Graphic Novel, illustrated by Emily Carroll, was published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux February 6, 2018.[9] A 20th anniversary version of the novel featuring additional content was released in 2019 alongside the author's memoir, Shout.[10]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Tannert-Smith, Barbara (Winter 2010). "'Like Falling up into a Storybook': Trauma and Intertextual Repetition in Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 35 (4): 395–414. doi:10.1353/chq.2010.0018. S2CID 145074033.
  2. ^ a b c d McGee, Chris (Summer 2009). "Why Won't Melinda Just Talk about What Happened? Speak and the Confessional Voice". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 34 (2): 172–187. doi:10.1353/chq.0.1909. S2CID 144567845.
  3. ^ Detora, Lisa (Summer 2006). "Coming of Age in Suburbia". Modern Language Studies. 36 (1): 24–35. doi:10.2307/27647879. JSTOR 27647879.
  4. ^ Latham, Don (Winter 2006). "Melinda's Closet: Trauma and the Queer Subtext of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 31 (4): 369–382. doi:10.1353/chq.2007.0006. S2CID 143591006.
  5. ^ Anderson, Laurie (2018). Speak: The Graphic Novel. Macmillan. ISBN 9780374300289.
  6. ^ Glenn, Wendy (2010). Laurie Halse Anderson: Speaking in Tongues. USA: Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-8108-7282-0.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference speaking in tongues controversy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Andrea LeVasseur (2007). "Speak (2003)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  9. ^ Anderson, Laurie Halse (2018-02-06). Speak: The Graphic Novel. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). ISBN 978-1-4668-9787-8.
  10. ^ "Speak: 20th Anniversary Edition". madwomanintheforest.com. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
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