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Oct 30, 2024
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2021-2022 Hill Book (Class of 2025) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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ENG 100/162 - Young Adult Literature: Marginalization and Coming of Age (Core/First-Year Seminar)Three or Four Credits
Offered Periodically
This course will explore the nature of “coming of age” narratives as they intersect with the experience of marginalization. In moments of transition from one stage of life into another, when emphasis is placed on the discovery and definition of the self, what does it mean for that self to be viewed as different? Through readings across genre-from fantasy to nonfiction, drama to graphic novels, encounters with superheroes and zombies-we will examine gender, sexuality, race, disability, and other possible markers of difference. We will come to question the parameters of “young adult” literature, its expected content and intended audiences. When are you done “coming of age”?
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): ENG 162 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
General Education Attribute(s): ENG 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the Literature Cornerstone.
ENG 162, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Literature Cornerstone.
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