Syllabus
1. Introduction: What is children´s literature?; Traditional Literature for Children and Young Adults 2.
Traditional Literature for Children and Young Adults 3. Traditional Literature for Children and Young Adults 4.-8.
Teaching practice. 9. Modern Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults 10.
Modern Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults 11. Realistic Literature for Children and Young Adults 12.
Realistic Literature for Children and Young Adults
Annotation
Firstly, this course focuses on the delineation of the field of study itself. It tries to answer the question concerning the origins and qualities typical of literary works classified as children’s literature.
Secondly, it introduces students to history and individual genres of children’s literature written in English, so that they are equipped with basic elements they can further use for literary analysis of selected texts. Thirdly, it intends to lead the students towards reading books for children and young adults in the original and possibly use parts of texts while teaching.