ENGL 525 - The Study of Adolescent Literature

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture.
Course familiarizes students with classical and contemporary literature whose audience is primarily adolescents. Students are led to understand why teenage readers make the literature choices they do. The course helps students develop a positive attitude toward this kind of literature and understand it should have a place in the reading program of adolescents. Course required to satisfy certification requirements for English majors intending to teach at the secondary level.