Importance of Children’s Literature/Young Adults 7-10 pages

Importance of Children’s Literature/Young Adults 7-10 pages. Choose from the following options but requirements remain the same.ÿOption 1Using one theoretical lens that we have discussed in class, analyze how Young Adults (YA) either challenges or reinforces a specific social expectation of identity. Be sure to specify what lens you are using somewhere in your introduction and stick to that approach in your analysis.ÿLens includes:ÿMoral CriticismÿPsychoanalytic CriticismÿOedipus ComplexFeminist CriticismGender/Queer StudiesCritical Race TheoryPost Colonial CriticismMarxist CriticismEcocriticismOption 2Choose a theme/topic/trope/etc. and examine its importance to children?s literature. Topics may include: tricksters, anthropomorphic animals, the forest of transformation, ambiguous endings, power dynamics, mental illness, bullying, alienation/isolation, damsels, heroes, villains, etc.ÿRequirements?Two central novel we read in classÿQuotes from books?One outside sources*?7-10 pages, MLA format (title page, Works Cited, etc.), size 12 font, Double Spaced.ÿ?Works Cited and title pages do not count towards page requirement!Novels We?ve Read?Perks of Being a Wallflower?American Born Chinese?The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indianÿ?The Giver?The Hunger Games?Cinder?Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe?The Hate U Give (if you read the whole novel)?Brown Girl Dreaming

Importance of Children’s Literature/Young Adults 7-10 pages