PdF:AJ3303 Children's and Young Adult Lit - Course Information

AJ3303 Children's and Young Adult Literature

Extent and Intensity

0/3/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ3303/Kombi01: Fri 17. 9. 14:00–15:50 učebna 58, Fri 1. 10. 14:00–15:50 učebna 58, Fri 15. 10. 14:00–15:50 učebna 58, Fri 5. 11. 14:00–15:50 učebna 58, Fri 19. 11. 14:00–15:50 učebna 58, Fri 3. 12. 14:00–15:50 učebna 58, L. Podroužková
AJ3303/Kombi02: Fri 17. 9. 10:00–11:50 respirium (5. nadzemní podlaží), Fri 1. 10. 10:00–11:50 učebna 54, Fri 15. 10. 10:00–11:50 učebna 33, Fri 5. 11. 10:00–11:50 respirium (5. nadzemní podlaží), Fri 19. 11. 10:00–11:50 učebna 27, Fri 3. 12. 10:00–11:50 učebna 65, L. Podroužková
AJ3303/Prez01: Wed 22. 9. to Wed 15. 12. Wed 10:00–11:50 učebna 50, L. Podroužková

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course is a general introduction to the literature for children and young readers in English, with a special focus on Young Adult Literature, and British and American regions. It features selected examples of a variety of genres, including oral literature, modern poetry, YAL, series fiction, fantasy fiction, graphic novels and manga. The class addresses students as readers, (future) teachers and (potential) parents, inviting them to explore issues related to children's and young adults' world, and models some strategies, approaches and activities that can be used in the classroom.

Learning outcomes

The goals of the course are to:
- introduce and acquaint students with the general concept of literature for children and young adults and an overview of British and American highlights;
- to tap into the students´reading histories and to address them as teachers as well as (potential) parents;
- to develop reading and other competencies and skills seminal for the 21st century;
- to address personal and social issues via reading;
- to model modern teaching methods and attitudes (project work, experiential learning and other);
- to promote and sustain life-long learning through fostering reading habits;
- to grasp literature for children and young adults as an instrument of a developing citizenship and a transgenerational and transnational dialogue;
- to present literature for children as a tool to fostering creativity and imagination;
- to model the concept of shared reading;
- to implement the theory of extensive reading according to Stephen Krashen.

Syllabus

• 1. Storybooks, picture books and books for very young learners. 2. Poetry for children and young adults. 3. Fairy tales: from tradition to innovation. 4. Young adult fiction and topic-based approach to books. 5. Visual aspect of books and integrated curriculum.

Literature

• Critical content analysis of children's and young adult literature : reframing perspective. Edited by Holly Johnson - Janelle Mathis - Kathy G. Short. First published. and London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017, ix, 206. ISBN 9781138120099. info
• Reading like a girlnarrative intimacy in contemporary American young adult literature. Edited by Sara K. Day. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2013, ix, 240 p. ISBN 9781621039600. info
• PŘIBYLOVÁ, Irena. Canadian Young Adult Literature and Czech readers. In 11th annual meeting of Czech and Slovak Canadianists. 2011. info
• Contemporary children's literature and film : engaging with theory. Edited by Kerry Mallan - Clare Bradford. 1st publ. Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, viii, 188. ISBN 9780230231504. info
• ANDERSON, Nancy A. Elementary children's literature : infancy through age 13. 3rd ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2010, xvii, 385. ISBN 9780137151431. info
• Historical dictionary of children's literature. Edited by Emer O'Sullivan. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2010, xxix, 341. ISBN 0810874962. info
• Telling children's stories : narrative theory and children's literature. Edited by Mike Cadden. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010, xxv, 317. ISBN 9780803215689. info
• CART, Michael. Young adult literature : from romance to realism. Chicago: American Library Association, 2010, ix, 242. ISBN 9780838910450. info
• Young adult literature and adolescent identity across cultures and classrooms : contexts for the literary lives of teens. Edited by Janet Alsup. London: Routledge, 2010, ix, 225. ISBN 9780415876995. info
• Young adult literature and culture. Edited by Harry Edwin Eiss. Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009, ix, 176 p. ISBN 9781443807326. info
• Growing and knowinga selection guide for children's literature. Edited by Mary Trim. Mèunchen: K.G. Saur, 2004, xxvi, 253. ISBN 3598115814. info
• FORGAN, James W. Teaching problem solving through children's literature. Illustrated by David Tripp. Westport: Teacher Ideas Press, 2003, ix, 197. ISBN 1563089815. info
• HUNT, Peter. An introduction to children's literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, viii, 241. ISBN 9780192892430. info
• A garland from the golden age : an anthology of children's literature from 1850 to 1900. Edited by Patricia Demers. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1983, xiv, 508. ISBN 0195404149. info
• From instruction to delight : an anthology of Children's literature to 1850. Edited by Patricia Demers - Gordon Moyles. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1982, xii, 310. ISBN 9780195403848. info

Teaching methods

Reading and discussions, class demonstrations, simulations and activities, hands-on tasks and a mini-project.

Assessment methods

1. Class attendance and active classwork. 2. Home reading and preparation. 3. Reading with a child. 4. Learning centres. 5. Interview + one YAL novel.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinované studium: výuka v blocích.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
  
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