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LGBTQIA+ Young Adult Fiction- Dozent/in
- Dr. Kerstin-Anja Münderlein
- Angaben
- Übung
Rein Präsenz
2 SWS
Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität, Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien, Zentrum für Interreligiöse Studien, Erweiterungsbereich, Unterrichtssprache Englisch
Zeit und Ort: Mi 10:00 - 12:00, U5/02.18
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module Allocation:
all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature in
LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
MA English and American Studies
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
open for Consolidation Module Literature (Übung; literature only)
BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (Übung)
MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Mastermodul I: Literaturwissenschaft (Übung)
MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Masterintensivierungsmodul II: Literaturwissenschaft (Übung)
MA Religionen verstehen/Religious Literacy: Schlüsseltexte in einer wissenschaftlichen Fremdsprache: Mastermodul (Übung)
Studium Generale
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 11.03.2024, 10:00 – 22.04.2024, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Inhalt
- “Young adult literature has really flourished in the past few decades. Once dismissed as a ‘genre’ that was unrealistic, dumb-downed, and lacking in quality, YA literature is now widely hailed as relevant, diverse, innovative, and audacious. In fact, young adult works have grown in number and in quality so much so that their appeal reaches beyond its intended audience.” (Jennifer Deuell, “Why YA Lit is Important”, Richmond Public Library)
As Jennifer Deuell rightly summarised in her blog entry quotes above, YA literature matters. It matters because it reaches a large group of readers within and outside of the intended audience of the genre, which generally targets teenage readers, but is often read also by young adults in their early 20s. YA novels address the concerns and lived reality of teenagers and young adults and provides a shared platform for all readers, especially so in times of immediate and global exchange. The genre upvalues young people’s concerns and issues and acknowledges the difficulties alongside the joys of coming of age. Once issue that people of all ages, but especially teenagers and young adults often struggle with is their own sexuality. Growing up to become a mature person often entails learning to understand one’s own differentness.
This course specifically looks at queerness in YA fiction and highlights the increasing representation of the LGBTQIA+ community as well as the sorrows and joys of young LGBTQIA+ people, which are, effectively, the same as cis and hetero people’s concerns and then some – and being queer no longer tends to be a “problem”. On the contrary, contemporary LGBTQIA+ YA novels have moved away from centralising being in the closet and fearing exposure and judgement towards presenting queer young people with a host of other problems, ranging from mental illnesses (explicitly not connected to sexuality and gender identity!) via career paths in school and uni to the issues of second-generation immigrants having to defend their own (queer) identity against white cis heteronormativity.
This is a very reading intensive class that covers all the books below. Please be prepared for intense 90-minute discussions every week based on the respective book of the week.
Guest auditors are very welcome. Please register in advance via kerstin-anja.muenderlein@uni-bamberg.de
- Empfohlene Literatur
- The following books need to be read by the time indicated. Additional research material will be provided through the VC.
24 April: Becky Albertalli. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. 2015
15 May: Casey McQuiston. Red, White & Royal Blue. 2020
29 May: Adiba Jaigirdar. Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating. 2021
12 June: T.J. Klune. The House in the Cerulean Sea. 2020
26 June: Juno Dawson. Wonderland. 2020
10 July: Mackenzi Lee. The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy. 2018
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- LGBTQIA+ Young Adult Fiction
- Credits: 4
- Prerequisites
- 1. Module Allocation:
all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature in
LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
MA English and American Studies
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
open for Consolidation Module Literature (Übung; literature only)
BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (Übung)
MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Mastermodul I: Literaturwissenschaft (Übung)
MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Masterintensivierungsmodul II: Literaturwissenschaft (Übung)
MA Religionen verstehen/Religious Literacy: Schlüsseltexte in einer wissenschaftlichen Fremdsprache: Mastermodul (Übung)
Studium Generale
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 11.03.2024, 10:00 – 22.04.2024, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Contents
- “Young adult literature has really flourished in the past few decades. Once dismissed as a ‘genre’ that was unrealistic, dumb-downed, and lacking in quality, YA literature is now widely hailed as relevant, diverse, innovative, and audacious. In fact, young adult works have grown in number and in quality so much so that their appeal reaches beyond its intended audience.” (Jennifer Deuell, “Why YA Lit is Important”, Richmond Public Library)
As Jennifer Deuell rightly summarised in her blog entry quotes above, YA literature matters. It matters because it reaches a large group of readers within and outside of the intended audience of the genre, which generally targets teenage readers, but is often read also by young adults in their early 20s. YA novels address the concerns and lived reality of teenagers and young adults and provides a shared platform for all readers, especially so in times of immediate and global exchange. The genre upvalues young people’s concerns and issues and acknowledges the difficulties alongside the joys of coming of age. Once issue that people of all ages, but especially teenagers and young adults often struggle with is their own sexuality. Growing up to become a mature person often entails learning to understand one’s own differentness.
This course specifically looks at queerness in YA fiction and highlights the increasing representation of the LGBTQIA+ community as well as the sorrows and joys of young LGBTQIA+ people, which are, effectively, the same as cis and hetero people’s concerns and then some – and being queer no longer tends to be a “problem”. On the contrary, contemporary LGBTQIA+ YA novels have moved away from centralising being in the closet and fearing exposure and judgement towards presenting queer young people with a host of other problems, ranging from mental illnesses (explicitly not connected to sexuality and gender identity!) via career paths in school and uni to the issues of second-generation immigrants having to defend their own (queer) identity against white cis heteronormativity.
This is a very reading intensive class that covers all the books below. Please be prepared for intense 90-minute discussions every week based on the respective book of the week.
Guest auditors are very welcome. Please register in advance via kerstin-anja.muenderlein@uni-bamberg.de
- Literature
- The following books need to be read by the time indicated. Additional research material will be provided through the VC.
24 April: Becky Albertalli. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. 2015
15 May: Casey McQuiston. Red, White & Royal Blue. 2020
29 May: Adiba Jaigirdar. Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating. 2021
12 June: T.J. Klune. The House in the Cerulean Sea. 2020
26 June: Juno Dawson. Wonderland. 2020
10 July: Mackenzi Lee. The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy. 2018
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft
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