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This class serves as an introduction to British Children’s Literature and covers chronological development, major themes, authors and their texts and issues in the genre.Assessment is obtained from a combination of attendance(in person or distanced, dependent on Sanitary regulations during the semester and as dictated by FFUK),participation and assigned work( presentations and final essay( details tba-deadline is 11.05.2021 )).All key texts are available from UALK/FFUK libraries and/or online sources.
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81316095641?pwd=dzVGVlBuQWJVYVh4c0c5TFcxd2R3Zz09 Class Times: Tuesdays 1050-1230 Office Hours: Mondays 1100-1200 or by appointment (both Zoom at present) Contact details: Email: c.clark@ff.cuni.cz /colinsteeleclark@gmail.com Poslední úprava: Poncarová Petra Johana, Mgr., Ph.D. (05.02.2021)
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Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment-The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales.London:Penguin,2010. Carpenter, Humphrey and Mari Prichard, ed. The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. Carpenter, Humphrey. Secret Gardens: The Golden Age of Children's Literature from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Winnie-the -Pooh. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1995. Demers, Patricia, ed. From Instruction to Delight: An Anthology of Children's Literature to 1850. Canada: Oxford University Press, 2004. Dunae, Patrick A. "Boys' Literature and the Idea of Empire." Victorian Studies. 24 (1): 105-21. Hunt, Peter. "Introduction." Literature for Children: Contemporary Criticism. ed. Hunt. London: Routledge, 1992. Hunt, Peter, ed. Children's Literature: An Illustrated History. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Opie, Iona and Peter, ed. The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951. Reynolds, Kimberley. Girls Only? Gender and Popular Children's Fiction in Britain, 1880-1910. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990. Rose, Jacqueline. The Case of Peter Pan or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction. London: Macmillan, 1984. Tolkien, J. R. R. "Tree and Leaf" in "Tree and Leaf." "Smith of Wooton Major." "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth." London: Unwin, 1975. 7-102. Zipes, Jack, ed. Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. 4 volumes. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Poslední úprava: Poncarová Petra Johana, Mgr., Ph.D. (05.02.2021)
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1. 16 Feb- Introduction: To instruct or delight? The questions of Children’s Literature 2. 23 Feb-History of the genre I-Early beginnings from morals and manners to reason and romanticism 3. 2 Mar-History of the genre II- The First Golden Age of Children’s Literature 4. 9 Mar-History of the genre III-The Second Golden Age of Children’s Literature 5. 16 Mar- The child protagonist -orphans and child heroes (Blake, Dickens, Bronte) 6. 23 Mar-Fantasy and Fairy Tales I 7. 30 Mar-Poetry-Logic, Limericks and Nonsense Verse 8. 6 Apr- Picture books, Animal and Toy Stories 9. 13 Apr- Fantasy and Fairy Tales II-Tolkien and after 10. 20Apr-Pottermania and the marketing of myth. 11. 27Apr-The YA novel- the paradoxes of modern children’s storytelling 12. 4 May- History of the genre IV-Recent texts and developments. 13.11May-Final Class Session. Submission of Final Essays- course admin. Poslední úprava: Poncarová Petra Johana, Mgr., Ph.D. (05.02.2021)
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