Literature of Adolescence

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A study of texts written for both teenage and general audiences that focuses on the theme of coming-of-age. The class will begin with an historical look at adolescence in novels such as Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, moving on to more contemporary works by writers such as Jamaica Kincaid and Louis Sachar, to consider how adolescence has changed and developed over time.