3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Distance Learning Upper DivisionData from last updated 10/3/2025
Fall 2025
Fall 2025 Instructors:
This course examines the construct of Young Adult Literature as a genre crafted specifically for adolescents. Using both classic and contemporary novels, as well as relevant theoretical and research texts, this course explores how YA literature is defined, what it offers to adolescent readers, and how it is situated in the literary landscape.
Learning Outcomes1Read, respond to, and analyze selected works of Young Adult literature in order to think critically about various concepts and issues connected to the genre.
2Explore, analyze, and critique the extent to which selected Young Adult literature affects and reflects teenage life.
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