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).
In-person direct teaching

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 27. 9. 10:00–11:50 učebna 57, Fri 11. 10. 10:00–11:50 učebna 57, Fri 25. 10. 10:00–11:50 učebna 57, Fri 8. 11. 10:00–11:50 učebna 57, Fri 22. 11. 10:00–11:50 učebna 57, Fri 6. 12. 10:00–11:50 učebna 57, L. Podroužková
AJ3303/Prez01: Tue 10:00–11:50 učebna 11, L. Podroužková

Prerequisites

Standard for the 3rd semester of the programme

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

there are 13 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The course combines an introduction into various genres and topics in British and American writing for children, middle-grade readers and young adults, with practical, hands-on demonstrations of how to use literature in the EL classroom.
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.
The course offers a mixture of reading materials, activities and approaches so as to cater to different ages and levels.

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. Different types of books and different types of reading. 2. Authentic vs. simplified and graded reading. 3. The potential of picture books: only for very young learners? 4. Poetry for children and young adults. 5. Fairy tales: from tradition to innovation. 6. Middle-grade fiction and topic-based approach to books. 7. Young adult fiction and issue-based approach to reading. 8. Visual aspect of books and reading in the integrated curriculum. 9. Organizing reading in and outside the classroom: DEAR time. 10. Setting up classroom libraries.

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, a mini-project and independent reading.

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment: 1. 80% class attendance and active classwork. 2. Home reading and preparation (workskeets). 3. Reading with a child (a project). 4. Learning centres - leading a discussion over a selected text. Summative assessment: 5. Interview (based on worksheets) + reading one YAL novel.

Náhradní absolvování

For outgoing Erasmus students individual study play is nagotiable.

Language of instruction

English

Study support

https://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=3746

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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