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One of the primary complaints from young adults in regards to traditional "Canon literature" is that all of the good characters are dead or dying. Discuss how this situation can be reconciled with the young adult desire to believe that "Everything is going to be all right." Discuss ways in which you will (as an author, teacher, or both) reconcile the fact of unhappy endings with the young-adult need to believe that there can be happy ones. |
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Hans Ewer's conception of Aesthetics in children's literature includes five primary aesthetic decision-makers that have to be "pleased" with a book in order for it to be included it within a learning environment: the child (or young adult), the administration, the community, the parents, and the writer. Discuss and develop a position regarding aesthetics that agrees or disagrees with Ewer's approach and offer your own definitions for aesthetic value in young adult books. |
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Introduce at least one way in which young adult novels have addressed or supported the romantic viewpoints of young adults over the last 100 years. Provide actual titles or genres of young adult novels to support your argument. |
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How are contemporary views of romanticism called into question, especially within the bleakness of the "problem novel?" |
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In what ways do young adult romance novels give voice to women? Discuss how this voice differs from women's expression in traditional canon literature. |
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Discuss ways that relationship-romance novels violate traditional male gender roles. Choose at least three male stereotypes and provide examples of contemporary young adult relationship-romance novels that contradict these roles. |
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"Territorialism" – a social condition in which certain areas are designated by groups of boys or girls as their own "turf" – has been challenged by young adult relationship-romance novels. Discuss how the contemporary young adult novel has blurred the lines of "territory? |
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter) and Stefanie Meyers (Twilight) both make use of paranormal romantic relationships within their works. Develop a list of three to five characteristics from the novels that heighten the traditional relationship-romance possibilities by adding elements of the supernatural. |
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