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Teaching Young Adult Literature

AvJordan Savage

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

This volume explores how Young Adult (YA) literature is taught in university-level courses. Both an emergent field of academic study and a popular phenomenon, YA fiction increasingly reaches beyond its target demographic. The chapters examine the contemporary socio-political trends with which YA fiction engages. Questions of representation and "own voice" storytelling are key aspects, as are issues of climate change, extinction and climate anxiety. This book considers the literary history of YA writing, drawing on Children's Literature, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction, and shows how YA literature is taught across these sub-fields. It also shows how the teaching of YA fiction spans Creative Writing programmes in the UK, as integrated parts of modules with thematic topics such as "climate emergency" or "social justice" in the US, and within Education programmes globally. The book provides a reflective framework for integrating YA literature into teaching, highlighting the opportunities presented by YA literature for widening participation in higher education and as a pedagogic tool for strengthening minority own-voice representation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-28
Mått:148 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Teaching the New English
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783032269836

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Jordan Savage is a Lecturer in United States Literature at the University of Essex, UK, where teaching across Literature, Film and Creative Writing. Dr Savage leads the module “Children’s Fiction and the Turn to Young Adult Adventure”, which explores the cultural history and contemporary reaches of Young Adult literature.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: The Genres of Climate Catastrophe Orleans Firekeepers Daughter and the Question of Agency.- Chapter 2: Ecojustice and Engaged Learning The Potentials of Indigenous and Latinx Young Adult Literature In and Beyond the College Classroom.- Chapter 3: Relationality Through Native Slipstream and Solastalgia The Upwelling in the Interdisciplinary Classroom.- Chapter 4: On Utopian Thinking and Queer Youth Literature During the Rise of Fascism.- Chapter 5: Institutionally Situated Creatures Reading and Writing Young Adult Fiction in a Higher Education Setting.- Chapter 6: Discussing and Creating Approaches to YA Fiction in Schools.- Chapter 7: Not Pulling Any Punches Discussing Sociopolitical Issues Through Contemporary Sports Related YA.- Chapter 8: Shifting Perspectives Using Young Adult Literature with Undergraduate Students.- Chapter 9: Black Youth Literature Preparing Library Practitioners to Recommend Black Literature from Across the Diaspora.- Chapter 10: The Song of Achilles Goddamn Yes Reader Responses as a Starting Point for Teaching Madeline Millers The Song of Achilles 2011.