Young adult literature in the 21 st century moving beyond traditional constraints and conventions jeffrey s kaplan a t the dawn of the twenty first century young adult literature looks very different than it did fifty years ago indeed fifty years ago we were just getting started with the likes of salingers the catcher in the rye 1951 with hintons the outsiders 1967 zindel . Young adult literature in the 21st century cole pam b isbn 9780073525938 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The study of young adult literature yal as both an art form and teaching tool is in its infancy barely 50 years old this emerging genre began to establish a presence in the canon of both classical and popular literature as a developing field of inquiry however yal struggles for legitimacy and prestige the purpose of this article is to issue a call to educational researchers to shift . Young adult literature in the 21st century moving beyond traditional constraints and conventions december 2005 the alan review 322 doi 1021061 alanv32i2a2 authors jeffrey kaplan 914