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Children's Literature - O01301219

Title:	Dětská literatura
Guaranteed by:	Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty:	Faculty of Education
Actual:	from 2018
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	2
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Explanation:	Rok3
Old code:	K219
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D.
Classification:	Teaching > English
Pre-requisite :	O01301218
Is pre-requisite for:	OE01301220, OEMAA1742Z, O01301220

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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.

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (14.09.2020)

Aim of the course

to introduce students to the major issues of a wide range of children’s literature

to enable students to identify dominant and distinct genres and themes

to enable students to relate the selected texts to their cultural background

to lead students towards reading books for children and young adults in the original

to lead students to the future use of texts and their parts in their classes

to develop and improve students' languagae skills

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (14.09.2020)

Descriptors - Czech

Distanční výuka předmětu bude probíhat v online prostředí MS Teams:https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3ae59ec59962084ece88f41c5f7334c58a%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=197ecd54-028e-48cd-b5c9-0f19038bd1f5&tenantId=5335a395-3770-41bf-b111-59efae08bf8d v čase kdy je rozvržena prezenční výuka předmětu – studenti budou informováni o podrobnostech emailem a první hodina bude věnována seznámení s tímto prostředím. Nároky na docházku budou platit stejné jako při prezenční výuce. Dále mají studenti k dispozici „moodlovou“ verzi předmětu na adrese: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=5427.

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (12.10.2020)

Course completion requirements -

Participation on seminars (3 absences max.) and a succesful completion of the oral exam (3 possible sittings).

The students will be examined orally. The exam will have the following parts: theoretical and practical one. The practical one focuses on a presentation of one 45-minute-long lesson plan based on literary texts used in the course. Language skills are part of the overall assessment.

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (14.09.2020)

Literature -

Selected secondary literature:

HUNT, Peter. An Introduction to Children's Literature. 1st publ. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. An OPUS book. ISBN 0-19-289243-6.

TOWNSEND, John Rowe. Written for Children: an Outline of English-language Children's Literature. 6th American ed. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1996. ISBN 978-0-8108-3117-9.

LERER, Seth. Children's Literature – A Reader's History from Aesop to Harry Potter. Chicago University Press, 2009. ISBN 0226473015.

Selected primary literature:

Traditional literature:

Aesop: “The Fox and the Rook”, “The Tortoise and the Eagle”, “The Travellers and the Bear”, “The Fox and the Monkey”

Arabian Nights: “The Enchanted Horse”

Charles Perrault: Puss in Boots from Stories or Fairy Tales from Past Times with Morals or Mother Goose Tales (1697)

The Brothers Grimm: Rapunzel from Children's and Household Tales(1812)

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe: The Three Billy Goats Gruff (1841)

Hans Andersen: The Ugly Duckling (1843)

Poetry: selected poems: A Child’s Garden of Verses (1885) by Robert Louis Stephenson: “Bed in Summer”, “Young Night-Thought”, “Foreign Lands”, “Windy Nights”, “From a Railway Carriage”

Edward Lear: A Book of Nonsense (1846) – selected limericks

Modern Fantasy:

Kenneth Graham: The Wind in the Willows (1908) - excerpt

A.A. Milne: “A House for Eeyore” from The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) – excerpt

J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter series - extract

Picture books:

Beatrix Potter: The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904)

Dr. Seuss: Green Eggs and Ham (1960)

Realistic fiction: Louisa May Alcott: Little Women (1869) – excerpt

Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Secret Garden (1911) - excerpt

Lucy Maud Montgomery: Ann of Green Gables (1908) – excerpt

Judy Bloom: Are you there, God? It’s me, Margaret. (1970) - excerpt

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (14.09.2020)

Requirements to the exam -

Participation on seminars (3 absences max.) and a succesful completion of the oral exam (3 possible sittings).

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (14.09.2020)

Syllabus

1. Introduction

2. Traditional literature

3. Traditional literature

4. Picture Books

5. Picture Books

6. Poetry

7. Realistic fiction

8. Modern Fantasy

9. Modern Fantasy

10. Modern Fantasy

11. Contemporary Fiction

12. Contemporary Fiction

13. Contemporary Fiction

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.09.2020)

Learning resources

Course in Moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=5427.

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (14.09.2020)