Defying Expectations: Representations of Youths in Young Adult Literature

Autor/inn/en	Silva, Arsenio F.; Savitz, Rachelle S.
Titel	Defying Expectations: Representations of Youths in Young Adult Literature
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 63 (2019) 3, S.323-331 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-3004
DOI	10.1002/jaal.982
Schlagwörter	Expectation; Adolescent Literature; Novels; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Teaching Methods; Secondary School Students; Literary Criticism; Role; Emotional Intelligence; Personal Autonomy; Stereotypes; Self Control; Adolescents; Secondary School Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Expectancy; Erwartung; Adolescent; Adolescents; Literature; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; literatur; Novel; Roman; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sekundarschüler; Literaturkritik; Rollen; Emotionale Intelligenz; Individuelle Autonomie; Klischee; Selbstbeherrschung; Adolescence; Adoleszenz
Abstract	The authors used a youth lens to interrogate representations of adolescent characters and experiences that reinforce or contradict social constructions of youths across young adult novels commonly read in secondary classrooms. The authors found examples across all 10 examined novels of adolescent characters taking on adult-like roles, exercising emotional discipline, and/or demonstrating agency and independence in ways that challenge traditional ideas about youths and disrupt socially constructed stereotypes of adolescent/ce. The authors suggest that the youth lens, especially when applied to young adult literature, can foster critical analysis and discussion of dominant discourses about adolescents/ce, and offer their own analytic template as a scaffolding tool for secondary educators to use with students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01