15EJEJ83 - Anglo-American Children's Literature

Course specification
Course title Anglo-American Children's Literature
Acronym 15EJEJ83
Study programme English language and literature
Module
Type of study first degree undergraduate academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
    ESPB 3.0 Status
    Condition Oblik uslovljenosti
    The goal Students will get familiarised with the most important features, works and authors of children’s and young adult literature in 19th, 20th and 21st centuries UK and USA.
    The outcome Students will learn how to better understand and appreciate Anglophone works of children’s and YA literature, which will broaden their overall literary and cultural knowledge and help them teach ESOL to very young learners.
    Contents
    Contents of lectures The status of children’s literature; theoretical approaches. History of children’s lit, myth, legend, fable, fairy tale, folk tale, nursery rhyme. Romanticism and transcendentalism. Victorian children’s lit. Turn of the century. Modernism. Postmodernism. YA lit. Cartoons, films, comic books. Children’s literature in teaching ESOL.
    Contents of exercises Close reading of the following works: Mother Goose nursery rhymes (selection), fairy tales (selection). Neil Gaiman, 'Snow, Glass, Apples'. O. Wilde, ‘The Happy Prince’. L. Carroll, Alice in Wonderland. L. M. Alcott, Little Women. L. F. Baum, The Wizard of Oz. J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan. E. B. White, Charlotte's Webb. R. Dahl, The Witches. J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter.
    Literature
    1. 1. Cogan Thacker, Deborah and Jean Webb. Introducing Children’s Literature. London: Routledge, 2002. (Original title)
    2. 2. Grenby, Matthew. Children’s Literature. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008. (Original title)
    3. 3. Hunt, Peter, ed. Understanding Children’s Literature. Oxon: Routledge, 2007. (Original title)
    4. 4. Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin, ed. Children’s Literature: New Approaches. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. (Original title)
    Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
    Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
    1 2
    Methods of teaching Lectures and seminars, in-class discussions, close reading. TV: documentaries and films.
    Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
    Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
    Activites during lectures Test paper
    Practical lessons Oral examination 30
    Projects
    Colloquia 30
    Seminars 40
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