dc.contributor.advisor | Robbins, Sarah | |
dc.contributor.author | Lindsey, Mary | |
dc.date | 5/1/2015 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-19T15:38:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-19T15:38:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/10378 | |
dc.description.abstract | Because of a history of gender inequality, women and girls are routinely misrepresented in mainstream media. For girls, especially adolescents, this negative representation can have a profoundly detrimental effect as they plan for their futures. Young adult literature has an opportunity to give young women strong female role models, and educators have a responsibility to guide our female students to books with positive representations. This thesis presents a framework which helps educators analyze the quality of a young adult novel's female protagonist in terms of the ability to be a positive role model. The framework's main concern is with the issue of agency (i.e. the female protagonist's power over her own life). This project gives examples of high-scoring and low-scoring books along with an example of how the framework can be used in the classroom. | |
dc.subject | young adult literature | |
dc.subject | agency | |
dc.subject | power | |
dc.subject | education | |
dc.subject | women's studies | |
dc.subject | gender studies | |
dc.title | The Importance of Agency: Female Role Models in Young Adult Literature | |
etd.degree.department | English | |
local.college | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
local.college | John V. Roach Honors College | |
local.department | English | |