Project Director

Ventura, Abbie

Department Examiner

Baker, Sybil

Department

Dept. of English

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

I argue that resilience should be recognized as a coming-of-age model because it offers support and empowerment while being inclusive to all comings of age. I have identified three types of resilience and analyzed them in three novels: non-guardian resilience in Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor and Park, peer resilience in Matthew Hubbard’s The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge, and creative resilience in Isabel Quintero Gabi, A Girl in Pieces.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Dr. Ventura for not only advising my thesis but introducing the idea of young adult literature as a valid field of study in the English field.

Degree

B. A.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Date

5-2025

Subject

Bildungsromans; Resilience (Personality trait) in literature; Young adult literature--Stories, plots, etc.

Keyword

English; Young Adult; Coming-of-Age

Discipline

Children's and Young Adult Literature

Document Type

Theses

Extent

iii, 57 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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