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This course aims to provide a survey of young adult literature and familiarize students with its genres and overarching themes.

“Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.” (Gilbert and Gubar 1511) – Or is it?

This course is an introduction to the study of Young Adult Literature (YA Lit.) and provides a survey of North American texts within this genre. In a study across genres, this class explores popular themes within YA Literature and its filmic adaptations. Students who participate in this course will learn to read and analyze fantasy literature, autobiographical writing, and realistic fiction and discuss themes such as illness and death, friendship, relationships and love, identity, abuse, poverty, and conflict as well as questions of gender and race.

Lecture inputs, weekly viewings/readings, student presentations, group discussions.

Active class participation, student presentations, writing assignments and/or term paper.

As far as possible, course materials and selected primary and secondary sources will be posted on OLAT.

Students will be required to read four Young Adult novels in their entirety and should plan accordingly.

Prerequisite for the Bachelor Program (612): positive completion of compulsory module 10, for BA Lehramt (457): positive completion of compulsory module 13