In this course we will cover a selection of American children's literature and young adult fiction. During this course we will familiarise ourselves with key concepts from narratology and literary studies and apply them to works of children's literature and young adult fiction.
Our goal is to develop an informed point of view on childhood as a construct and children's literature as a nuanced and varied field with great potential for the EFL classroom.
In our seminar we will be reading and discussing:
L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz (1900), Leigh Bardugo's The Language of Thorns (2017), Neal Schusterman's Scythe (2016), Ernest Cline's Ready Player One (2011) among others.
The full reading-list will be provided in our first session.
Attendance of the first session is obligatory.
Our first in-person session of the summer term shall take place on April 27th !!!
Details about the first two sessions will be provided on OLAT after the registration period.
PLEASE NOTE: there are two Children's Lit and YAF groups, one covering (British) Children's Literature and YAF for Module 4.1 , and one covering (American) Children's Literature and YAF for Module 4.2.
Students may not (!) register for both groups. You are allowed to combine one regular survey course and one Children's Lit and YAF course.
For example:
British Children's Lit. (M 4.1) and US Survey (M 4.2) OR
US Children's Lit. (M 4.2) and British Survey (M 4.1)
Students cannot complete the module 4 exam only with the Children's Literature classes. You must register for one of the regular survey courses. |
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