55-5301 Young Adult Fiction

This course analyzes a selection of published young adult novels, with emphasis on the development of student works, including exploration of ideas and issues that sustain novel length. Also studied are plot construction, writing of scene and transition, and the weaving of theme into the whole.

3 Credits
Requisites COREQUISITES: 55-5101 Fiction Writing I or 55-6101 Fiction Writing I or 55-5102 Fiction Writing II or 55-6102 Fiction Writing II or 55-5104 Prose Forms or 55-5105 Advanced Prose Forms or 55-5106 Fiction Writing: Advanced or 55-6110 Thesis Development or 55-4101 Fiction Writing I or 55-1101 Fiction Writing I