ENGL 331 Young Adult Literature

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Prerequisites: ENGL 203 or ENGL 204 , or consent of instructor.
A survey of literature that appeals to adolescents, with emphasis on applying close reading strategies and theoretical approaches to reading a wide variety of YA texts, and on identifying the historical and cultural evolution of young adult literature, including evolving constructs of “adolescence” and “the imagined reader” of YA literature, and issues relevant and relating to the teaching of young adult literature. Social justice issues, diverse and oppressed audiences and voices, globalism, gender and sexual orientation, disability communities, and the role of multiethnicism/multiculturalism will be explored. This course will likewise consider cultural artifacts pertaining to young adults and young adult culture.