“Down the Rabbit Hole”: Child, Nation and British Fantasy Literature
Term 1
Online Course
English 392 is a 13-week course that will guide you in the study and approaches to some classic Western texts and approaches to children’s literature. The focus will be on British fantasy literature, by authors such as Gaiman, Tolkien, Pullman and Rowling, but we will also explore some connections with texts from other cultures. Our fully asynchronous course is part of the English Online Minor program in the Department of English Language and Literatures, but is open to English majors and to students in other programs such as Education, Language and Literacy, and Library and Information Studies. You will be reading novels, short stories and scholarly articles on children’s literature throughout this term, and you will be sharing your ideas both formally, in the form of essays, and informally, in the form of discussion posts, peer reviews and games. Together, this class will build an online learning community that will explore and expand ideas that arise from the texts and course materials. The course’s final examination will be held during the standard examination period, and remotely invigilated.