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The basics:
The basics:
What shall we accomplish?
What shall we accomplish?
This course emphasizes student learning through engagement, and supports the four university-wide learning goals, which are:
This course seeks to fulfill the above goals by objectives:
This course seeks to fulfill the above goals by objectives:
Investigate different, relevant themes present in YAL through multiple text analysis.
Improve research skills by examining young adult authors.
Write critically about YAL texts throughout the course.
Analyze YAL in the context of current research in the field from various critical perspectives and through different theoretical approaches.
Read and discuss a broad range of YA texts representing a variety of time periods, cultures, authors, and genres (e.g., poetry, biography, novel, graphic novel, nonfiction, short story).
Argue that YAL reflects and shapes social, economic, political ideas and events, and the recent history of the cultural construction of the “teenager” in texts.
Identify and discuss current debates about the genre, including issues of literary merit, appropriateness, and censorship.
Respond to a variety of YAL individually and in groups increasing understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of this literary genre.
Course Prerequisites:
Course Prerequisites:
You must be at least a sophomore to join us. This course fulfills the Literature Distribution and the Writing/Speaking (W/S) requirements of UIndy's General Education Core Curriculum.
Land Acknowledgment:
Land Acknowledgment:
As we come together as a learning community, I want to acknowledge that we live and work on the occupied and contested homelands of the Myaamiaki (Miami), Lenape (Delaware), Potawatomi peoples, and many others. You can find UIndy's official land acknowledgement at this link.
On Discomfort:
On Discomfort:
The main difference between successful and less successful readers is persistence. Persistent readers are willing to read (and re-read) a passage which puzzles them or makes them uncomfortable, trusting that more knowledge and understanding will come if they just keep going. If you are reading something you are not sure about, have the courage to look up information that will help you, or pay attention to the context to infer information.
Also, know these two things: (1) As difficult or confusing as the experience may be, you will learn something valuable from it. (2) As your fellow readers and writers, your professor and classmates will do their best to help you along the way.
However, the first step starts with you, and that means that you must become comfortable with discomfort, and you must be determined to foster your learning. As one of my former professors often says, “You have to play to win.” If you constantly avoid feeling unsettled, misunderstood, or confused, then you have cheated yourself out of the opportunity to learn and grow.
Please contact me with any questions or concerns about this concept.
Syllabus
Syllabus
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