A2BP_DELI Children's Literature

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Timetable
Thu 13:25–14:10 učebna 41
Prerequisites
A2BP_SOZK Complex Exam || A2BK_SOZK Complex Exam
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Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
An introduction to children's and juvenile literature in Englis; further focus on literature for young adult readers.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, requirements 2. Children‘s literature and its study 3. Using children’s literature to teach English as a foreign language to young learners 4. A brief history of children’s and juvenile literature - Conception of childhood 5. Fantasy in children’s literature 6. Subversion in Roal Dahl’s fantasy tales 7. Popular genres in juvenile literature 8. Comics, graphic novels, and manga 11. Simplified books; promoting reading Download texts to themes 2 – 8 from the moodlinka.
Literature
  • BOBULOVÁ, Ivana. Children's and juvenile literature :(written in English). Vyd. 1. Nitra: Pedagogická fakulta UKF v Nitre, 2003, 189 s. ISBN 80-8050-628-0. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
for credits: read theoretical chapters on the moodlinka read selected novels keep a reader's diary create a portfolio Detailed instructions are given in classes and on the moodlinka
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
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