HISTORY OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
EDU2HCL
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject, students investigate the development of literature for children from the traditional literatures of myth and legend, folk and fairy tales, through early publishing, to the emergence of genres of adventure, fantasy and realism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
School: Education (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Debra Edwards
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Available as Elective: Yes
Learning Activities: Students will choose a topic relevant to this subject, and research content and commentary about it. They will present that material in several formats, and according to a range of criteria, firstly as an annotated bibliography and then as a multi-page website. Students will assess and critique the authority, reliability and usefulness of researched material and resources in relation to a relevant topic of their own choice, and according to a range of set criteria for selection and presentation. They will also consider texts and themes in response to formal examination questions.
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: EDU2GCL
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: EDU1HCL
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Happily Ever After: fairy tales, children and the culture
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Zipes, J.
Year: 1997
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Publisher: NEW YORK: ROUTLEDGE
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Happily Ever After: fairy tales, children and the culture
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Zipes, J
Year: 2013
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Publisher: NEW YORK: ROUTLEDGE
ISBN: 1135252963, 9781135252960
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Deconstructing the Hero: Literacy theory and children's literature
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Hourihan, M.
Year: 1997
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Publisher: LONDON, NEW YORK: ROUTLEDGE
ISBN: 0203974107, 9780203974100
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A