See the works as embedded in specific historical, artistic, and cultural contexts that must be engaged in order to understand their expressed values and concerns about youth culture, specifically and comparatively. Discussions and analyses focus on aesthetics, form, and genre, framed by critical approaches and reading strategies rooted in film, genre, feminist, cultural, ethnic, and gender studies. Only one of the following may be counted: English 344C, 344L (Topic 7), Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Young Adult: Fict/Film), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Young Adult: Fiction and Film). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.