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SUMMARY:North American Girls' Literature - Dawn Sardella-Ayres\, Truman St
 ate University
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:Girls’ Literature is something that seems to be understood b
 y association and assumption\, rather than any methodological critical stu
 dy. By exploring several key texts often described critically as “classi
 c books for girls” through lenses of genre theory\, intersectionality\, 
 and gender performativity\, I raise will raise questions about 1) how we c
 an define “girls’ literature” or a “girl’s story\,” 2) what en
 tails the girl’s coming-of-age\, or bildungsroman\, and 3) what it means
  to be a girl in these texts\, in America\, and in history.\n\n*Dawn Sarde
 lla-Ayres* (PhD\, University of Cambridge\, 2016) recently completed a ten
 ure as the Ofstad Guest Scholar at Truman State University\, teaching a co
 urse on girls’ literature and the girls’ Bildungsroman in the United S
 tates and Canada. She has published on Alcott\, Montgomery\, and Wilder\, 
 and researches issues related to gender and race\, as well as the Kunstler
 roman\, in late nineteenth- and early twentieth century girls’ texts. Sh
 e still firmly believes Harry and Luna should have ended up together\, and
  shares Anne Shirley’s fondness for dresses with puffed sleeves.
LOCATION:Mary Allan Building room G10\, Homerton College\, Hills Road\, Ca
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