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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.
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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
- Contact teaching
- 39 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 60 hours per semester
- Preparation of a presentation (report)
- 10 hours per semester
- Independent critical reading
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for a partial test
- 26 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The objective of the course is to introduce British and American children's literature. The course is aimed especially at future teachers of English to make them acquainted with the kinds of text appropriate for the age group they will eventually teach. The lectures focus on the history of children's literature, the changing concept of childhood, genres of children's literature. The seminars focus on particular texts of children's literature and the ways of utilizing them in ELT classrooms.
Students will gain theoretical knowledge on the history, theory, genres and reception of literary production targeted at children and youth, and will deepen their ability of literary analysis and the application of theoretical concepts on particular texts.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Written examination, Student performance assessment, Work-related product analysis
Seminar attendance is compulsory; lecture attendance is recommended. Students are required to do their readings and complete tasks in Moodle. The exam can be oral and written, depending on the student´s preference.
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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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