Children’s Literature
Term 2
Distance Education
This section of ENGL 468 is offered through Distance Education. The course description is available here.
This online course provides an introduction to the scholarly study of literature written for children, covering a historical range from the 19c to the present and a range of genres, including fairy tales, fantasy, social realism and a graphic novel. Texts – Folk & Fairy Tales, Treasure Island, Anne of Green Gables, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Hobbit, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Skim, Annie on My Mind and Parvana’s Journey – will be approached as cultural and literary productions, exploring their (sometimes) evolving generic features and audience assumptions, in terms of age, gender, content, and perceived boundaries. Students will be introduced to relevant theoretical material and encouraged to develop independent critical responses to the texts. Participation in online discussions as well as group activities is an integral component of this course. Written assignments include two critical responses, a term paper proposal and tentative bibliography, a term paper and a final examination.
