2018-2019 Academic Bulletin 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENGL 350 - Children’s Literature


Credits: 4
A study of children’s literature, with focus on its cultural and theoretical underpinnings. Among the concerns addressed may be the definitions of “childhood” and “adolescence” the genre helps construct or undermine; the impact children’s literature can have on notions of gendered, ethnic, class, and national identity; the formal variations of archetypal tales; the genre’s role in authors’ careers. Specific topics may include fairy tales (their cultural history and contemporary transformations); multicultural children’s literature; the contemporary young adult novel; and children’s verse.

Prerequisite: ENGL 110  or permission of the instructor.

Distribution Requirements: HE, PD.

ENGL 200 may be used in place of ENGL 110  in satisfying the prerequisite for the above course.