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LYST 221 - Literature for Adolescents and Young Adults


Semester Hours: 3
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course engages readers in meaningful response through reading, talking, and writing about literature for adolescents and young adults. Understanding of identity, social justice, and equity are investigated through discussions of what counts as literature, whose stories are told and who gets to tell them. Objectives for this course include critically and aesthetically reading from a wide variety of texts, while also participating in intensive reading with others in literature groups. This course is recommended for students interested in working with readers from sixth grade to young adult.


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