LIT 4333 ADOLESCENT FICTION

    Craddock Summer B, 4th Period. TUR 1315

    Office: TUR 4332. Office Hours: TWR 5th period and by appointment. Office phone: 392-0757-x259. EMAIL: craddoc@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu. URL: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/pcraddoc

    Books (see schedule below) available at Goering's Book Store, University Ave and Thirteenth Street. Any unabridged edition may be used.

      We will approach Adolescent Fiction by looking especially at a certain subset of books for preadolescents and adolescents already selected by Hollywood as the texts for films. We will also look at the films themselves--sometimes, more than one. These films are typically not the animated cartoon versions made for younger children; we will ask how their attempts to appeal to their target audience differ from and are similar to those of the original books, and whether their social purposes are the same or different. We will also consider the relationship between the availability of a movie and the young reader's approach to the book. Everyone will be asked to select a 1997 or 1998 book for adolescents and review it for the class.

      Note that ALL of the films we will see are too long to be viewed in a class period, and if you are writing about them for a particular project, you will want to see them more than once. One copy of the videotape of each will be on reserve in the library, but try to plan ahead and see the films in which you are particularly interested (or which you find particularly challenging) early and often.

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    GRADES:

      Classwork will count 10%, quizzes will count 15% each (total 30%), and papers 30% each (total 60%). Quizzes will deal with matters of fact and will reward those who have done all the work.

    SCHEDULE

      SECTION I: Fantasy: Pleasures and Perils

      • June 29-Introduction: Assignment: read The Secret Garden
      • June 30-View The Secret Garden (1949, MGM)
      • July 1--View The Secret Garden (1975, BBC)
      • July 2--Discuss The Secret Garden: Assignment for July 6: read Tarzan; read ahead The Black Stallion
      • July 3--Holiday
      • July 6--View Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932, MGM)
      • July 7--View Greystoke (1983, Warner Bros)
      • July 8--Discuss Tarzan and the Tarzan films: Assignment: read Harriet the Spy
      • July 9--View Harriet the Spy
      • July 10--Discuss Harriet the Spy: Assignment: read Dune
      • July 13--View Dune
      • July 14--Discuss Dune: Assignment: Paper 1 due JULY 15

      SECTION II: Reality, Assisted by a Friend

      • July 15--View The Black Stallion: Assignment: read The Black Stallion
      • July 16--Discuss The Black Stallion: Assignment: read National Velvet
      • July 17--View National Velvet
      • July 20--Discuss National Velvet
      • July 21--review ; also, discuss finding unfilmed books for young adults
      • July 22--Quiz 1: Assignment: Read Little Women

      SECTION III: The (Painful) Passage to the Adult World

      • July 23--View Little Women (Columbia, 1994)
      • July 24-- Discuss Little Women: Assignment: read The Yearling
      • July 27--View The Yearling
      • July 28--Discuss The Yearling: Assignment: read To Kill a Mockingbird
      • July 29--View To Kill a Mockingbird
      • July 30--Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird: assignment: read The Outsiders
      • July 31--View The Outsiders
      • August 3--Discuss The Outsiders
      • August 4--review
      • August 5--Quiz 2

      SECTION IV: Books that Should Be Filmed for Young Adults

      • August 6--discuss unfilmed books, class choices
      • August 7--Conclusions about media for Young Adults--FINAL PAPER DUE