One way of defining adolescent literature is to suggest that it is literature written for adolescents. This definition does not imply that other age groups do not read adolescent literature, nor that adolescents do not read any other kind of literature.
Adolescent novels encourage critical thinking and reader response, the stuff of literature teaching.
We will be reading adolescent novels, talking about them, and designing ways to use them in our classrooms. We will also discuss related topics such as censorship, bibliotherapy, reluctant readers, literary criticism, and using adolescent literature as a complement to the classics. Due dates are listed in the Course Calendar annotate two articles from The ALAN Review and post these annotations to the course forum. All assignments must receive a 'Pass grade in order to count toward satisfying course requirements. Those who have taken web-based courses have said that this type of course requires more time management and stricter attention to deadlines than traditional courses.