YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE

Catalog description

In this course, students will read and discuss young adult literature historically geared towards an adolescent audience, now read largely by adults. Writing assignments will focus on interrogating and analyzing major coming-of-age themes of the genre, including friendship, sexuality, religion, culture and race, sexual and gender identity, drug and alcohol abuse, etc. Creative writing assignments will be assigned at the discretion of the specific instructor: inquire via email before registering.