Title: Disturbing the universe
First published: 2000
Description: "Trites argues that the development of the genre over the past thirty years is an out-growth of postmodernism, since YA novels are, by definition, texts that interrogate the social construction of individuals. Drawing on such nineteenth-century precursors as Little Women and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Disturbing the Universe demonstrates how important it is to employ poststructuralist methodologies in analyzing adolescent literature, both in critical studies and in the classroom.

Among the twentieth-century authors discussed are Blume, Hamilton, Hinton, Le Guin, L'Engle, and Zindel." "Trite's work has applications for a broad range of readers, including scholars of children's literature and theorists of postmodernity as well as librarians and secondary-school teachers."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: History and criticism, Young adult fiction, American, Postmodernism (Literature), Adolescence in literature, Teenagers, Books and reading, American Young adult fiction, Repression (Psychology) in literature, Power (Social sciences) in literature, Roman pour jeunes adultes américain, Histoire et critique, Adolescence dans la littérature, Postmodernisme (Littérature), Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) dans la littérature, Refoulement (Psychologie) dans la littérature, Adolescents, Livres et lecture, LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General, Children's Literature, Macht, Jugendliteratur, American Literature, English, Languages & Literatures
Places: United States
LC classification: PS374.A3 T75 2000