These are the dissertations inspired by our course in Difference and Monority in Young Adult Literature, written by students under the supervision of Dr. Adrian Oțoiu.
Also check out the Past Theses in Fantasy and the Past Theses in Animal tales, those in Minority, and Crossover fiction.
| Year | Student | Thesis title | Obs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Simina Botoș | From Childhood to Adulthood in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton | |
| 2013 | Reka Lupu | Multicultural Playgrounds. Gyspies, Perennial Outcasts in Children’s Literature. | cover |
| 2014 | Simona Filimon | E.J. Palacio’s Wonder: Dealing with Difference | cover |
| 2014 | Cristina Nedelea | The Role of Literature in the Classroom, illustrated with S.E. Hinton’s Outsiders | |
| 2016 | Anca Coșa | Healing Gardens and Prosthetic Trumpets. Overcoming disability in F. Hodgson-Burnett’s The Secret Garden and E.B. White’s The Trumpet of the Swan | cover |
| 2016 | Nadia Șter | The Sadness of Mango Street. Gender and ethnicity in Sandra Cisneros’s World. | cover |
| 2016 | Alexandra Irimeș | Discrimination in the Maycomb community in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird | cover |
| 2017 | Ancuța Larisa Bojan | Granies and Ageism in Roald Dahl’s The Witches and David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny | cover |
| 2017 | Adina Mariana Pop (Fărcaș) | Gifted Children in Literature and Young Adult Films | |
| 2017 | Bianca Diana Stan | Multiculturalism in Sandra Cisneros’ World | |
| 2017 | Ana Bilan | Body Image in Uglies by Scott Westerfield | |
| 2018 | Alexandra Mihai | Historical Horrors Seen through Children’s Eyes. Apartheid in Beverley Naidoo’s Novels | cover |
| 2019 | Viorela Raluca Copaciu | The Extraordinary Life of Harriet Tubman | |
| 2019 | Ruxandra Ursa | Sexual Identity and Minorities in Ellen Wittlinger’s Novels | |
| 2019 | Roxana Burdea | The Underground Railroad and its Moral Conducter, Harriet Tubman | |
| 2020 | Mioara Sorina Câmpean | Bullying in Jules Renard’s Poil de carotte and Roald Dahl’s Matilda | |
| 2021 | Antonia Iancău (Czol) | Exploring Graphic Novels in the Process of Teaching Language Skills | Grad 1 |
| 2022 | Patricia Lavinia Vințu | Identifying the Gifted in Children’s Literature. The Stories of Gifted Angelica, Matilda and Everett | |
| 2024 | Anca Coșa | Being different. Overcoming Disability through Literature in the English Teaching Class | Grad 1 |
| 2024 | Boglárka Kosa | Exploring LGBTQ+ in Graphic Novels: Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper | BA |
| 2024 | Carina Cristea | “Yonder was the banks, across the water”: Race and speech in Mark Twain’s “Adventurs of Huckleberry Finn” | |
| 2024 | Rosella Plasari | Building Empathy through Emotionally Resonant Storytelling in Children’s Literature: A Case Study of “Charlotte’s Web” and “Matilda” | |
| 2025 | Amalia Ene | An Almond and All the Bright Places on Bookstagram. Exploring Mental Health in Young Adult Literature | |
| 2026 | Kinga Magyar Stan | The Detective Who Hated Metaphors: From Stereotype to Authentic Voice In Mark Haddons’ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | cover |
| 2026 | Imola Márton | Representation of the Body: Weightism, Fragmentation and Body- surveillance in Contemporary YA Literature | cover |
Check out the Past Theses in Fairy Tales, those in Fantasy, in Animal tales and Crossover fiction.