Reading Adolescent Literature ((3))

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This course will consider the salient features of literature for adolescents and consider strategies to help junior high students analyze themes, character types, images, and patterns of events in complex young adult literary texts. Adhering to Common Core State Standards, the course will explore diverse works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century young adult literature that offer deep insights into the human condition, including works by Alcott, Salinger, Lowry, and Adams. The course will determine the extent to which film productions of the texts conform to or diverge from the original texts and will compare these works to their cultural, social, and political contexts.