Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier
874
Date
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Major
English
Concentration
Literature
Committee Chair
Lorinda Cohoon
Committee Member
Theron Britt
Committee Member
Charles Hall
Abstract
This study investigated the gender stereotypes that may or may not have been present in the portrayal of four female protagonists from the first novels of four different YA series and why young adult literature is such a marginalized literary genre. Bella Swan from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, Clarissa Fray from Cassandra Claire's City of Bones, Katniss Everdeen from Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, and Beatrice Prior from Veronica Roth's Divergent were analyzed in order to see which protagonists embodied gender stereotypes and which were gender neutral. Texts and articles were also consulted to discover why, after its monumental growth and popularity, young adult literature is still such a marginalized literary genre. Reasons as to why young adult literature should be taken more seriously as were ways to become more gender equal and why we need young adult heroines who are more gender neutral were covered in the conclusion.
Library Comment
Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.
Recommended Citation
Mitchell, Jessica Nicole, ""Simply Not Enough": Representations of Youing Women in Young Adult Literature and the Marginalization of YA Literature as a Whole." (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 732.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/732
Comments
Data is provided by the student.