AJ2MK_LDML Children's Literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Renata Jančaříková, 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
Prerequisites
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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
Course objectives
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. Genres discussed and presented in the reader will cover selected examples of oral literature, modern poetry, realistic literature for young readers, YAL, series fiction, fantasy fiction, graphic novels and manga. Students will read one full novel (from a separate list) and will present it in the end of the semester. The course aims to support knowledge, experience, analytical and interpretative skills, and independent reading related to the area of YAL.
Syllabus
  • Course schedule:
  • 1. Nursery rhymes.
  • 2. Modern poetry for young readres.
  • 3. Folk tales and modern fairy tales.
  • 4. From the Golden Age of children's literature to the 1900s.
  • 5. From the 1920s to the 1930s.
  • 6. Through the 1940s to the 1960s.
  • 7. From the 1970s to the 1980s.
  • 8. Test (30 mins.).
  • 8. - 11. Student presentations (contemporary literature)
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Modern children's literature : an introduction. Edited by Kimberley Reynolds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, x, 278. ISBN 1403916128. 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
Teaching methods
Reading, discussing and analyzing selected texts.Set reading of primary and secondary texts.
Assessment methods
Test.(Pass 70%).
Presentations.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 24 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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