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Young Adult Fiction

  • LIT848
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This unit examines a range of literature written for adolescents and young adults. Issues which will be addressed include: the idea of a literature for young people, concepts of adolescence, representations of subjectivity, sexuality, gender, ideology and forms of social organisation. The unit also examines a range of genres, including fantasy, realism, experimental and historical genres. -- Course Website

Instructor: Dr Robyn McCallum, Dr Victoria Flanagan

Prerequisites: Admission to MA in (English Literature or Children's Literature or Creative Writing) or PGDipArts in Children's Literature  



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