Many years ago in university I took a course called Gender & Friendship in Literature, discussing the portrayals of different kinds of friendships in literature. We read books such as Little Women, Huckleberry Finn and Of Mice and Men, and I found it extremely enlightening. We discussed the imbalance of power in friendships at length, and how it seemed rare that two people of the same gender on exactly equal footing could maintain a legitimate friendship. Recently, after reading several different YA novels that centered on friendships, it made me start reconsidering the question of how friendships are portrayed in YA.
Girl Friendships in YA
Girl Friendships in YA
Girl Friendships in YA
Many years ago in university I took a course called Gender & Friendship in Literature, discussing the portrayals of different kinds of friendships in literature. We read books such as Little Women, Huckleberry Finn and Of Mice and Men, and I found it extremely enlightening. We discussed the imbalance of power in friendships at length, and how it seemed rare that two people of the same gender on exactly equal footing could maintain a legitimate friendship. Recently, after reading several different YA novels that centered on friendships, it made me start reconsidering the question of how friendships are portrayed in YA.