ED 383 C - Lit for Early Adolesc Thru Adolesc

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3

An overview, exploration, and critical examination of literature suitable for students from Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood. The course emphasis is on reading and evaluating selected literary works within such genres as poetry, memoir, popular fiction, historical fiction, graphic novels, and other (non)fiction texts. Candidates in this course will learn a variety of approaches to literary critique (including Reader Response, Deconstructive, Biographical, Historical, Psychological, Feminist, and Queer Criticisms), and practice such approaches on course texts both in and out of class. Candidates will draw on previous knowledge, skills, and dispositions from earlier education courses in thinking about pedagogical approaches, activities, and strategies situated within sociocultural theories of learning to engage youth from ages 12-18.

Prerequisite(s): ED 215 or ED 220; or consent of instructor.