This course explores the exciting, multi-cultural field of literature written for and about adolescents.  Students will read widely in YA literature; explore various genres and formats, including realistic fiction, romance and adventure, science fiction/fantasy, autobiography, poetry, graphic novels, and film; investigate a variety of teaching resources; become familiar with current scholarship; and develop curriculum for teaching adolescent literature.  Our primary and secondary reading will no doubt yield additional discussions on topics such as literacy, multiculturalism, censorship, sexuality, teaching and the test, and the use of film and other media in the literature classroom.  In short, we will explore the value of adolescent literature for young adult readers and, hopefully, will re-discover the pleasures found in reading young adult literature for ourselves. 

Adolescent Literature Course Syllabus

Adolescent Literature Course Schedule