English 183 - Winter, 2015

Adolescent Literature

Class Information

Instructor: Recker, Laurel
CRN: 72660
Time: TR 12:10-1:30
Location: 1309 Surge 3

Description

In this course we'll examine the broad category of American "adolescent literature" as twentieth- and twenty-first century texts featuring--and marketed towards--young adults. Examining what it means to grow up across a range of regions, demographics, and time periods, we'll explore how notions of alienation, transformation and epiphany inform a range of narrative styles and plot structures in a genre that strives to captivate the ever-elusive American youth.

Texts

Franny and Zooey , JD Salinger ISBN 0316769495
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me , Richard Fariña ISBN 0140189300
The Outsiders , SE Hinton ISBN 0142407332
At the Bottom of the River , Jamaica Kincaid ISBN 0374527342
The Perks of Being a Wallflower , Stephen Chbosky ISBN 1451696191
Everything is Illuminated , Jonathon Safran Foer ISBN 0060529709
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Alice Bechdel ISBN 0618871713
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie ISBN 0316013692