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HISTORY OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - EDU12HCL

In this unit, students investigate the influence of traditional literature on themes and genres in nineteenth and early twentieth century texts for children. Topics covered include myths, legends, folk and fairy tales, and their influence on the emergence of the genres of fantasy and realism.

La Trobe University Course Handbook - details for this unit
Children's Literature bibliographies - browse these for critical and analytical texts
Heyward Library Subject Guide - portal to useful websites in Children's Literature

READING LIST FOR 2006:

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland  (Lewis Carroll)
• Arthur: at the crossing places   (Kevin Crossley-Holland)
• Beauty   (Robin McKinley)
• Beowulf: Dragonslayer   (Rosemary Sutcliff)
• The Folkkeeper  (Franny Billingsley)
• Grimm's Fairy Tales (J & W Grimm)
• Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales  (Hans Christian Andersen))
• Just So Stories  (Rudyard Kipling))
• A Little Princess: the story of Sara Crewe  (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
• Peter Pan (JM Barrie)
• Seven Little Australians   (Ethel Turner)
• The Sword in the Stone   (TH White)
• Treasure Island   (RL Stevenson)
• What Katy Did  (Susan Coolidge
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz   (Frank L Baum))

For further details, contact the course co-ordinator Sarah Mayor Cox

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