IMF 62004 YA-MG: Blurring Boundaries in Young Adult Writing L W

Instructor

Shana Youngdahl

Class Type 

Lit & Craft

Course Description

This course will explore how Young Adult fiction has become known for its ability to blur conventional genres of sci-fi, fantasy, romance, literary fiction, horror, etc. and consider how a study of these genre-bending texts can instruct us in our own writing. Students will read several contemporary texts as well as try their hand and writing their own genre-blurring story.

Textbook

Long Way Down
Jason Reynolds
978-1481438261

Jane, Unlimited
Kirstin Cashore
978-0147513106

Neverworld Wake
Marisha Pessel
978-0399553929

Amber and Clay
Laura Amy Schlitz
978-1536228144