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Literature for Young Adults
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Fall 2011

Note: this is still under construction--there will be articles and daybook assignments added.

All books should be read in their entirety before the class on which they are listed. Films  and TV shows will be viewed in class.


Week 1: (August 22, 23&25)
Introduction to Young Adult Literature, Culture, and Theory
Setting up your daybook

Unit 1: Negotiating Identity through Race, Class and Gender

Week 2: (August 29, 30& Sept.1)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
             
Notes on Whiteness

Week 3: (No Monday night class on Labor Day; September 6 & 8)
Film: Smoke Signals

Week 4: (September 12, 13&15)
Mexican Whiteboy
Paper 1 Due

Week 5: (September 19, 20&22)
Flygirl

Week 6: (September 26, 27 &28)
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Week 7: (October 3, 4 &5)
Film: Bend it Like Beckham

Unit 2: Experiments with Form and Revision

Week 8: (October 10, 11 &13)
The Arrival  and Beowulf
 

Week 9: (October 17, 18 & 20)
The Realm of Possibility

Week 10: (October 24, 25 & 27)
You Don't Know about Me

Paper 2 Due

Unit 3: Thirsty Boys

Week 11: (October 31, Nov. 1 & 3)
Thirsty

Week 12: (November 7, 8 & 10)
The Spectacular Now
Daybook Portfolio Due

Unit 4: Troubled Girls (or Revenge of the Problem Novel)

Week 13: (November 14, 15 & 17)
Revolution

Thanksgiving Break

Week 14: (November 28, 29 & Dec. 1)
Slice of Cherry

Week 15: (December 5, 6 & 8)
Beauty Queens
Personal Project Due