D1, Section 5: YA Literature

• Common Features of Young Adult Literature

  • Short stories
  • Poetry
  • Novels
• Young Adult Literature

  • Teenage Protagonist
  • Often 1st POV
  • Sensitivity to culture and class diversity
• Bildungsroman


  A class of novel that depicts and explores in which the protagonist develops morally and psychologically
• Bildungsroman


  • Transition from innocence of childhood to complex issues of adulthood
  • Loss
  • Journey
  • Personal growth through conflict
  • Maturity
• Issues explored in Young Adult Literature

  • Family
  • Ethical decisions
  • Violence
  • Conflict
  • Adolescence
  • Personality
  • Sexuality
  • Social alienation