Children's Literature

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This module will explore a range of childrens literature by an eclectic set of writers from different cultural and historical contexts, surveying the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Through a series of lectures, students will read a variety of different texts. By the end of the course, through close reading and analysis, students will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of major childrens authors, identify different categories of childrens literature, and illustrate an understanding of how these works reflect key social, political and cultural issues.