INTRODUCTION AND

OVERVIEW
YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE IN PRACTICE
DEFINITION OF YOUNG
ADULT LITERATURE
Young Adult Literature
● The broad and widely accepted definition of Young Adult Literature (YAL)
would be literature that is written for, published and marketed to
young adults (Young Adult Library Services of the American Library
Association, 2011).
● It could also be as defined by Nilsen and Donelson (2005), ‘anything that
readers between the approximate ages of 12 to 18 would choose to
read’.
● It may also include books primarily written for adults but which have
appeal to younger readers.
Young Adult Literature
● Focuses on teenage protagonists facing topics and emotions that
teenage readers find interesting.
● Texts (novels, short stories, poems, comics, etc.) produced for youth
ranging from approximately 12-18 years of age that contain fast paced
plots, are told from the perspective of a teen, and deal with
contemporary issues to which youth can relate.
GENRES OF YOUNG
ADULT LITERATURE
Genres of Young Adult Literature
●Includes :

●novels,

●short stories,

●poetry and

●drama.

●Some classic examples of such young adult literature taught in school

include “Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger, “The Adventures of
POETRY
● Poetry covers a vast range of subjects and is often used in schools and
homes as read alouds.
● Poetry is a broad genre without boundaries. Play with the elements of rich
language — rhyme, rhythm, shape, form, and imagery — and use them to
communicate an experience, an emotion, a viewpoint, a thought, and a
poem is born.
● Features condensed language, is an expression of imaginative thoughts,
often containing rhythm and other devices of sound, imagery, and
figurative language.
POETRY
● Young people also find comfort and encouragement in reading and writing
poetry about their daily lives.
● Reflecting on issues, experiences, and feelings helps to build empathy
and connections.
● A more serious sub-genre of thematic poems deals with topical,
contentious issues such as bullying and climate change.
SHORT STORY
● A short story is a piece of narrative storytelling that’s defined by its
brevity.
● They can contain all the normal plot elements of a novel, but everything is
shrunk down to a more condensed form.
● Short stories are usually around 1,000-4,000 words.
● They are usually read in more than one sitting.
SHORT STORY
● Short stories are important because they tell a story quickly and
effectively without worrying about creating an entire world and tertiary,
and sometimes even secondary, characters.
● Short stories have exposition (although usually limited), a rising
action, climax, falling action (also sometimes quite limited),
and resolution. Although, they do not have to follow this exact form, nor
do the elements need to take up equal space in the story.
SHORT STORY
● Here are some popular types of short stories, literary styles, and authors
associated with them:
• Fable: A tale that provides a moral lesson, often using animals, mythical
creatures, forces of nature, or inanimate objects come to life (Brothers
Grimm, Aesop)
• Flash fiction: A story between 5 to 2,000 words that lacks traditional plot
structure or character development, and is often characterized by a surprise
or twist of fate (Lydia Davis)
• Mini saga: A type of micro-fiction using exactly 50 words to tell a story
• Vignette: A descriptive scene or defining moment that does not contain a
complete plot or narrative, but reveals an important detail about a character
or idea (Sandra Cisneros)
• Modernism: Experimenting with narrative form, style, and chronology (inner
monologues, stream of consciousness) to capture the experience of an
individual (James Joyce, Virginia Woolf)
NOVEL
● A novel is a long, written, fictional narrative that includes some amount of
realism.
● A novel is usually in the form of prose and published as one book. Prose,
or ordinary language in its written form, is contrasted with verse, or words
written with a metrical arrangement (poetry).
● Novels include basic elements like characters, dialogues, a climax,
a setting, a conflict, and resolution.
● Some follow what’s known as Freytag’s Pyramid, starting with exposition,
moving onto a rising action, hitting the climax, and then heading towards
the resolution with the falling action.
● Despite the prevalence of novels that follow the pyramid, it is not
necessary to make a successful novel.
NOVEL
● There is an almost endless number of types of novels one could come up
with. Here are some of the most common:
• Thriller: ordinary heroes are pitted against villains out to destroy them,
or something they hold dear. Connected to spy fiction and adventure.
• Fantasy: a genre of speculative fiction the deals with a fictional
universe.
• Mystery: involves death or crime that has to be solved by
the hero/heroes of the novel.
• Romance: concerned with a romantic relationship between characters.
DRAMA
● Drama is a mode of storytelling that uses dialogue and performance. It’s one
of several important literary genres that authors engage with.
● Drama is a composition, either in verse or prose, that tells a story
through dialogue and stage directions.
● Drama contains all the normal plot ,elements including rising action, conflict,
and falling action.
● Usually, there is a central character around which the story revolves and
secondary characters that help the story play out.
● While drama is most commonly associated with plays, it also refers to
operas, mimes, ballets, or works performed on stage, radio, or television.
● Dramatic texts are different than novels, poems, or essays because of their
collective nature. They are performed together and received by
the audience together. It’s a group activity.
DRAMA
• Comedy: one of the main types of drama. It is lighthearted and happy.
There are comical misunderstandings, weddings, serious topics addressed
humorously, and more—for example, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
• Farce: absurd dramas that use base humour. It is often crude and uses
slapstick jokes, drunkenness, cases of mistaken identity, and more—for
example, A Comedy of Errors.
• Opera: the first of two musical types of drama. The characters sing every
line of the story rather than speaking. There is a musical score
with soliloquies (known as arias) and tragic, comic,
or melodramatic subject matter. There is some dancing, but it is usually
minimal.
DRAMA
• Melodrama: tell a serious story with heroes, villains, and more. There are
larger-than-life outcomes and circumstances and exaggerated reactions on
the part of the characters. The themes are clear and lead to a happy or
unhappy ending—for example, A Doll’s House.
• Musical Drama: storyline includes some songs and some dialogue.
Characters sing together about the conflicts they’re facing. There is a
musical score that’s often accompanied by dancing—for example, Phantom
of the Opera.
• Tragedy: the darkest of all dramas. It features a tragic hero, flaw, and a
central conflict that leads to the deaths of one or (usually) more characters.
There is a tragic catharsis at the end of the story—for
example, Macbeth and Othello.
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Characterics of YAL

● The broad and widely accepted definition of Young Adult Literature

(YAL) would be literature that is written for,
● published and marketed to young adults (Young Adult Library
Services of the American Library Association,
● 2011). It could also be as defined by Nilsen and Donelson (2005),
‘anything that readers between the approximate
● ages of 12 to 18 would choose to read’. Both definitions are not
necessarily mutually exclusive as reading choices
● made by young adults may be related to what is relevant to their own
lives and the issues they are facing. It is very
● likely that young adults would independently choose to read books
● Social issues such as death, religion, politics, race, economics
and sexuality are common themes that YA literature tackles. In
their development into adults, teens are establishing their identity,
forming relationships and expanding their perspectives. Thus, they
want to read books that speak to these issues.
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Koalas are even more lazy than cats.

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 Dogs can smell your feelings.

Dogs can pick up on subtle changes in your scent, which can help him figure out how you are feeling, such as by
smelling your perspiration when you become nervous or fearful.
Pandas don’t
hibernate.
When winter approaches, they head lower down
their mountain homes to warmer temperatures,
where they continue to chomp away on bamboo!
Koalas are
even more lazy
than cats.
Cats love to sleep.
A fifteen-year-old cat has probably spent ten years
of its life sleeping.

Also, cats use their whiskers as feelers to

determine if a space is too small to squeeze
through.
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Dogs Kangaroos Koalas

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