EL2047 - Children's Literature
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Arts and Social Sciences (pre 2015) |
By studying the intellectual background to literature designed for children from the advice books of the early eighteenth century to the marketing phenomena of our own time, and by classroom discussion and written work on the set texts, this subject will inform students about a key area for understanding both children and adults varying attitudes towards them. It will introduce students to the changing institution of childrens literature over time, in particular in the Romantic, Victorian, Edwardian and late twentieth century periods. Topics to be addressed will include picture books, fairy tales, animal stories, colonial literature for children, childrens verse, realistic fiction for young adults and the publishing megastars of the modern era.
Learning Outcomes
- to broaden and intensify the literary-critical skills and understanding attained by students at earlier levels, particularly where essay-writing and classroom discussion are concerned;
- to develop an understanding of the historical, philosophical, social and ideological backgrounds to literature for children in the English-speaking world;
- to attain a full and close literary-critical understanding of the particular set texts, transferable to other similar writings when encountered.
| Assumed Knowledge: | To undertake this subject, students must have successfully completed 12 credit points (four subjects) of level 1 study at tertiary level |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EL3047 EL5047 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Richard Lansdown. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (50%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Richard Lansdown. |
| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (50%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Richard Lansdown. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (50%). |
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