YES. I got the OK from my advisor on my thesis topic: Young Adult Fiction, here I come.
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Jubilee! said, (135 days ago)
Whew. I spent about an hour last night obsessing over the email I wrote to him wheedling about topics, and I got back this morning:
Julia
YES YES YES ... I'm about to go to a meeting; but this works ... so
proceed.
More later.
Barry
OWN.
Can you guys think of stuff that needs to be inculded under the YA umbrella?
Jubilee! said, (135 days ago)
Oh FUCK YES. Can I interview you?
Agent Lover, how has Twilight effected your Young Adulthood?
H55 said, (135 days ago)
Well, there's all the YA fantasy stuff (Harry Potter, Eragon, Twilight, etc), the chick-lit subgenre (all that Gossip Girl crap), and I think there are further ethnic subgenres. Are you going to look back in history a bit? It might be interesting to compare how book series compared to individual books (Maniac Magee, Shiloh - though both of those might be for a slightly younger audience).
Jubilee! said, (135 days ago)
I wanted to do contemporary examples of how YA addresses the changing social landscape (i.e. Perks of Being a Wallflower, Cut, Monster) as compared to how things were dealt with in classic examples (Anne of Green Gables, Little Women). I have a ton to think about but I'm such a fucking dweeb that I want to get into Twilight for srs.
H55 said, (135 days ago)
Maybe see how much YA lit pushes teenage culture in a given direction, and how much it is pulled by pre-existing trends? I mean, most folks reading YA are just beyond the age of Judy Blume, and many of the messages couldn't be more different.
reardensteel said, (135 days ago)
Heinlein wrote a slew of books and short stories that were specifically geared toward younger readers.
Salomea said, (134 days ago)
Hahahaha awesome. But Victorian Lit is awesome as well! Congrats though!!!!
How about the Uglies/Pretties/Specials series?
IM SO HAPPY I DONT HAVE TO DO VICTORIAN LIT.