Genre
Young Adult Literature has become a genre which covers various types of text including: novels, graphic novels, short stories, and poetry. Much of the literature published consists of young adult fiction which in itself contains several different types of text. The genre also contains other various types of non-fiction such as biographies, autobiographies, journal entries/diaries, and letters. Although many genres exist in young adult literature, the problem novel tends to be the most popular among young readers. Problem novel refers to young adult novels in the realistic-fiction category that "addresses personal and social issues across socioeconomic boundaries and within both traditional and nontraditional family structures" (Cole 98). Memoirs are also popular forms of Young Adult Literature. Another common genre within young adult fiction is Bildungsroman, a coming of age story that showcases the process of "growing up". The genre itself has been challenged due to its seemingly mature content by critics of Young Adult Literature, but "other converted critics have embraced Young Adult so dearly that they have scoured the canon for any classics they could adopt into the YA family" (Stephens 2007).
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