Becoming: Young Adult Fiction and Popular Culture

3 ch (3C) (W) (EL) · Undergraduate

Explore stories of becoming and survival in Young Adult fiction and popular culture. Understand these narratives in light of their social commentaries, cultural - historical contexts and variety of forms. Selected German and North American classics, contemporary texts, and films will be examined in a comparative context to illuminate the specific changing ways of negotiating ident ity, coming of age, gender, race, and diversity in this genre.