Course details

Name: ENGL - 305

Title: YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE

Section: 01

Semester: Spring - 2011

Credits: 3

Description:
This course will explore the emergence of Young Adult Literature (YAL) as a genre that includes established classics as well as contemporary fiction. Additionally, this course will: examine the historical and cultural contexts surrounding the genre’s development; discuss these works through multiple lenses; study relevant criticism; apply literary theory to the texts to explore portrayals of adolescence as sociocultural constructs; and examine how the literature of and about young adults reflects, responds to or reacts against those paradigms. Readings may include authors such as: Rick Riordan, Louis Sachar, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Philip Pullman, Lois Lowry, J. K. Rowling, Walter Dean Meyers, Scott Westerfeld & Suzanne Collins, among others.

Last updated on 2010-10-26 By Nicosia Laura (nicosiala)

Schedule: Monday From 8:15 pm To 10:45 pm

Graduation requirements:

• Genre Study (Fiction)
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• Other American (TE 1d)

Teaching Faculty: Nicosia Laura (nicosiala)

Is course canceled: No