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Literature for Children and Young Adults - OEBAA1720Z

Title:	Literature for Children and Young Adults
Guaranteed by:	Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty:	Faculty of Education
Actual:	from 2019
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	6
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:1/0, MC [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
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D.

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Annotation -

Last update: Kateřina Esserová, DiS. (24.09.2019)

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.

Aim of the course

Last update: Kateřina Esserová, DiS. (24.09.2019)

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' language skills

Descriptors

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

Distance learning in the literary part of the course will be taking place online, essentially in the form online lectures/seminars and consultations in MS Teams:https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3ac2486d51297f473d8f6fabb96ff8c0de%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=c32090b7-671f-42bd-8c41-aacc0d30d96a&tenantId=5335a395-3770-41bf-b111-59efae08bf8d. Study materials are available in Moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=5428. The online classes will be taking place at the same time as the usual classes - the students presence is required and will be noted. The introductory lesson of the semester will be focused on getting acquainted with the online form of lessons.

Literature -

Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (25.10.2019)

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

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

Requirements to the exam -

Last update: PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D. (25.10.2019)

The students will be examined orally.¨The exam will have the following parts. The student picks one topic and prepares a 10-minute long presentation on the following topics. As far as the practical part is concerned, he or she will interpret the chosen literary work in the framework of its possible use in TEFL:

A. Theoretical part

1. Characteristic features of traditional literature for children. Exemplify.

2. Characteristic features of modern picture books. Exemplify.

3. Characteristic features of children’s poetry in English. Exemplify

4. Characteristic features of realistic literature for children.

5 Characteristic features of modern fantasy literature.

6. Characteristic features of modern fiction for children.

B. Practical part

An interpretation. Discuss:

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)

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

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

Beatrix Potter: The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904)

Dr. Seuss: Green Eggs and Ham (1960)

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

Syllabus

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

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

Learning resources

Last update: Kateřina Esserová, DiS. (24.09.2019)

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