HUMA 2680 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Peer Pressure

• School: York University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMA 2680
• Professor: April Sharkey

Document Summary

Skim: graphic young adult novel written by mariko tamiki and illustrated by jillian. Tamiki: there"s depression, breakdown of conventional family, sex, peer pressure, and many other problems of the book, there is a style known as the problem novel that is full of several problems that the protagonist is caught between. The story is often told in first person. The protagonist has a relationship with an adult outside the family. Issues around family and relationship with adults (harriet the spy, comet in. The notion of home as a specific space (where the wild things are) Friendships (harriet the spy, comet in moominland) Focus on school (bridge to terabithia, harriet the spy) Identity (alice in wonderland, harriet the spy) Journeys (alice in wonderland, where the wild things are, comet in. Culture pop culture (harriet the spy: issues that are part of the sub-text: Social variables race, class, gender, age, ability, sexuality (bridge to terabithia,