Date of Presentation

11-2017

Name of Conference

Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE

Date of Conference

11-2017

Location of Conference

St. Louis, Missouri

Document Type

Conference Presentation

Department

English

Abstract

Presenter Two will share new research on young adult literature which features characters with mental illness. She will describe strategies for using texts such as Your Voice is All I Hear (2015), Thirteen Reasons Why (2007), and The Impossible Knife of Memory (2014) to analyze and critique representations of mental illness in young adult literature. Drawing on research by Koss & Teale (2009) and Richmond (2014), this presenter will help session attendees interrogate “the power of language choices” and “become empowered to confront the stigma associated with mental illness and confront bullying” (p. 24).

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