The study and critical analysis of young adult novels and other YA literature, including works from diverse authors, in order to stimulate engagement with important societal, cultural, and ethical issues. Literary theories covered in the course (reader response, new historicist, New Critical, gender based, disability studies, etc.) will help students distinguish among the major interpretive and critical traditions that have shaped the role YA literature plays in contemporary ethical and societal debates. Covers the Genre / Media topic for the English major.