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dc.contributor.advisorRobbins, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorLindsey, Mary
dc.date5/1/2015
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-19T15:38:22Z
dc.date.available2016-02-19T15:38:22Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/10378
dc.description.abstractBecause 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.subjectyoung adult literature
dc.subjectagency
dc.subjectpower
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectwomen's studies
dc.subjectgender studies
dc.titleThe Importance of Agency: Female Role Models in Young Adult Literature
etd.degree.departmentEnglish
local.collegeAddRan College of Liberal Arts
local.collegeJohn V. Roach Honors College
local.departmentEnglish


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