711G76 · 7.5 credits · Basic level (G1N) · Engelska
Young Adult Fiction
Active · next start HT 2026
100%
passed the latest ordinary exam
EXA1 · 10 Dec 2025 · 28 students
100%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
EXA1 · 28 students
Part of 1 programme
Exam
EXA1 Individual oral presentation with written report 1
- VG
- G
Ordinary exams
100% passed · 28 students
- 100%28
Re-exams
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get VG: 86% (28 students)
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Exam
EXA2 Individual oral presentation with written report 2
- VG
- G
Ordinary exams
100% passed · 27 students
- 100%27
Re-exams
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get VG: 81% (27 students)
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OBLA Active participation in seminars
- G
Main rounds
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Later rounds
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About the course
Aim
On completion of the course, the student should in English be able to:
- Describe the development of modern young-adult fiction in English
- Discuss young-adult fiction in relation to important societal issues and themes
- Analyze young adult fiction using basic analytical tools from literary studies
- Apply basic perspectives from literary studies to works of young-adult fiction.
Content
In this course, young adult fiction in English is studied with a focus on the characteristics of young adult fiction as a literary genre. Literary works in English will be studied thematically, in relation to the themes and societal issues that are foregrounded in modern young-adult fiction. The course focuses on young adult literature from the emergence of youth culture in the 1950s until today, which provides a survey of the development of modern young-adult fiction. In the course, young-adult literature is analyzed with text-analytical tools and from a literary studies perspective, as well as in relation to the themes and societal issues that are foregrounded in the literary works studied.
- Examiner
- Elin Käck
- Main field of study
- Engelska