ENGL 236 - Youth Literature

3 Credit (3 lecture, 0 lab) 3 Contact Hours [ENGL 100 or ENGL 101 ]

This is a survey of literature that investigates the multiple genres of contemporary young adult literature created for middle and high school age groups (11-18). Students will read a diverse range of young adult texts written by distinguished authors and will be discussed from the perspectives of genre, theme, representations of adolescence and adulthood, and approaches to interpretation. Further study will include methods, selection processes, criticism, applications, and writing.
OFFERED: spring semesters