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WRLIT-2040-3: Reading and Writing YA Literature

Spring 2023

Subject: Writing and Literature
Type: Workshop
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Level: Undergraduate

Campus: San Francisco
Course Dates: January 17, 2023 — May 07, 2023
Meetings: Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Hubbell - 141
Instructor: Aimee Phan

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 4/18

Description:

This course will investigate the origins, evolution and contesting definitions and parameters of the genre of young adult literature (aka adolescent literature, juvenile literature.) We will examine issues relevant to the writing, reading and marketing of young adult literature, including censorship, ethnicity, gender and sexuality. We will also observe contemporary young adult culture found in other forms of media. Potential readings will include Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming, and Gene Yang's American Born Chinese.

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