LYST 221 - Literature for Adolescents and Young Adults

Semester Hours: 3

This course investigates the role of adolescent literature in literacy learning and instruction in middle and high school classrooms, including the use of fiction and non-fiction texts. Building from transactional and critical perspectives on literacy, participants are engaged as critical readers of literature for adolescents, paying close attention to the centrality of narrative, story, and response in the process of meaning making from traditional and new media texts. Curricular engagements, such as literature discussions and multimodal and digital response projects, are discussed within the context of establishing a culture of readers that is responsive to all learners, particularly culturally and linguistically diverse students, struggling readers, and exceptional learners.

Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
(Formerly Literature for Adolescents and Young Adults)

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Summer I 2025

Summer II 2025

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Fall 2025