Disturbing
the Universe:
Power and Repression in Adolescent
Literature
Roberta Seelinger Trites
Illinois State University
University of Iowa Press (2000)
Illinois State University
University of Iowa Press (2000)
Preface
Chapter 1: "Do I dare disturb the universe?": Adolescent Literature in the Postmodern Era 1
Chapter 2: "I don’t know the words": Institutional Discourses in Adolescent Literature 31
Chapter 3: "Maybe that is writing, changing things around and disguising the for-real": The Paradox of Authority in Adolescent Literature 75
Chapter 4: "All of a sudden I came": Sex and Power in Adolescent Novels 117
Chapter 5: "When I can control the focus": Death and Narrative Resolution in Adolescent Literature 162
Chapter 6: Conclusion The Poststructural Pedagogy of Adolescent Literature 197
Bibliography 212