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Lecturer(s)
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Bubíková Šárka, doc. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The concept of childhood and readings for children. Development of children's literature. Genres of children's literature. Poetry, nursery rhymes, limericks, riddles. Fables, legends, folk tales. The fairy tale. Fantasy. Adventure stories, tall tale, dime novels. Domestic tale. Picture books. The course includes 2 face-to-face lessons and 120 hrs of self-study, which is supported by Moodle. Instructions on how to proceed in self-study are provided in Moodle. Moodle also supports students with additional study materials.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
- Independent critical reading
- 26 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 90 hours per semester
- Contact teaching
- 4 hours per semester
- Preparation of a presentation (report) in a foreign language
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for a partial test
- 13 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 24 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The objective of the course is to gain knowledge about the history, genres and theoretical concepts of British and American children's literature, to deepen students' ability in literary analysis and application of literary theory in interpreting particular texts of children's literature, and to reflect on the possibilities of utilizing texts of children's literature in ELT.
Students will gain knowledge about the history, genres and theoretical concepts of British and American children's literature. The course will deepen students' ability of literary analysis and application of literary theory in interpreting particular texts of children's literature. Students will be able to consider the possibilities of utilizing texts of children's literature in ELT.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Student performance assessment, Work-related product analysis
Seminar attendance is compulsory. Students are required to do their readings and complete tasks presented in Moodle. oral exam
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Recommended literature
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Bubíková, Šárka . Literary childhoods : growing up in British and American literature. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart , 2008. ISBN 978-80-86818-67-2.
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Bubíková, Šárka. Úvod do studia dětství v americké literatuře. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7395-214-3.
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Deborah Cogan Thacker, Jean Webb. Introducing Children's Literature: From Romanticism to Postmodernism. Routledge, 2002.
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Gupta, Suman. Re-reading Harry Potter. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. ISBN 978-0-230-21958-8.
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Hunt, Peter. An introduction to children's literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-19-289243-6.
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Kümmerling-Meibauer. The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks. 2018.
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MacLeod, Anne Scott. American childhood : essays on children´s literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8203-1551-6.
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McCulloch, Fiona. Children's literature in context. London: Continuum, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84706-487-5.
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Rudd, David, . The Routledge companion to children's literature. London: Routledge, 2010. ISBN 978-0-415-47271-5.
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RUSSELL, David L. Literature for children: a short introduction. Eighth edition. Boston. 2015.
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Zipes, Jack. Fairy tales and the art of subversion.
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