ENGLISH 345
Adolescent Fiction
Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for ENGLISH 345.
Description
Adolescence is a problematic category and a peculiarly modern one; necessarily, the same holds true for adolescent fiction. The aim of this course is to examine this phase of development that is neither childhood nor adulthood but lies between, and recent literary and filmic responses to the characteristic interests and demands of readers at this stage of their lives. Course reading will include film and television, as well as written texts.
Availability 2017
Semester 2
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Claudia Marquis
Recommended Reading
Texts
Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger (Penguin)
The Outsiders, SE Hinton
Dare Truth or Promise, Paula Boock (Longacre Press)
The Changeover, Margaret Mahy (any edition)
Annie John, Jamaica Kincaid, (Penguin)
The Other Side of Truth, Beverley Naidoo (Puffin Books)
Twilight, Stephanie Meyer (Atom Books)
The Bone Tiki, David Hair
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Children’s Books)
Films
Kick Ass
Twilight
10 Things I Hate About You
Hunger Games
Assessment
Coursework + exam
Points
ENGLISH 345: 15 points
Prerequisites
30 points at Stage II in English
