A2BK_DELI Children's Literature

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/0/24. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Prerequisites
A2BP_SOZK Complex Exam || A2BK_SOZK Complex Exam
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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
An introduction to children's and juvenile literature in Englis; further focus on literature for young adult readers.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, requirements 2. Children‘s literature and its study 3. Using children’s literature to teach English as a foreign language to young learners 4. A brief history of children’s and juvenile literature - Conception of childhood 5. Fantasy in children’s literature 6. Subversion in Roal Dahl’s fantasy tales 7. Popular genres in juvenile literature 8. Comics, graphic novels, and manga 11. Simplified books; promoting reading Download texts to themes 2 – 8 from the moodlinka.
Literature
  • BOBULOVÁ, Ivana. Children's and juvenile literature :(written in English). Vyd. 1. Nitra: Pedagogická fakulta UKF v Nitre, 2003, 189 s. ISBN 80-8050-628-0. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
for credits: read theoretical chapters on the moodlinka read selected novels keep a reader's diary create a portfolio Detailed instructions are given in classes and on the moodlinka
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.
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