Wk |
Date |
Homework |
Class topics/Key words |
1 |
9/18 |
Introduction |
Lecture: What is childhood? What are children? What is children's literature? |
2 |
9/25 |
Traditional Fantasy
Read the Grimm Brothers and Perrault sections from the folktales packet: pp 2-12. Know the differences between the different versions of the same stories. |
Lecture: folk literature, the oral tradition in children's literature. Red Riding Hood and Cinderella. |
3 |
10/2 |
Read the Hans Christian Andersen section from the folktales packet: pp 13-26. Read some random Rhymes from The Real Mother Goose (1916). We'll read some in class.
Prepare a fairy tale to share
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Lecture: Anderson, Mother Goose, literary fairy tales, and nursery rhymes.
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4 |
10/9 |
Tales from the Arabian Nights
Andrew Lang (1898): Read: Preface; The Arabian Nights; The Story of the Merchant and the Genius
Optional: Sir Francis Richard Burton 1855 version
Sign up for your fairy tale |
Lecture: The Arabian Nights and the exotic in children’s literature (Orientalism).
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5 |
10/16 |
Work on your presentations |
Lecture: Changing ideas of childhood |
6 |
10/23 |
Prepare your presentations
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Lecture: Archetypes
Fairy Tale Presentations in small groups |
7 |
10/30 |
Wizard of Oz Chs 1-11 |
Lecture: Fantasy, Verisimilitude & the willing suspension of disbelief |
8 |
11/6 |
Wizard of Oz Chs 12-end
Film: The Wizard of Oz (1939) |
Lecture: From Alice to Dorothy, the first golden age of children’s literature |
9 |
11/13 |
Oz Paper Due.
The Little Princess Chs 1-2
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Lecture: Nonsense & Humor & Breaking social constraints |
10 |
11/20 |
The Little Princess Chs 3-10-end
Sign up for your group's classic book |
Lecture: Realism, Rose Blanche |
11 |
11/27 |
The Little Princess Chs 11-end
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Lecture: Didacticism, condescension, Rainbow Fish
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12 |
12/4 |
Winnie the Pooh Chs 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 |
Review topics and key words |
13 |
12/11 |
Little House on the Prairie First half |
Lecture: Characterization: flat, round, dynamic, static, and foil characters |
14 |
12/18 |
Little House on the Prairie Second half
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Lecture: Historical fiction & nostalgia |
15 |
12/25 |
Read your group book |
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16 |
1/1 |
Read your group book |
Epic fantasy and back to fairy tales |
17 |
1/8 |
Read your group book |
Work on your presentation |
18 |
1/15 |
Prepare your presentations |
Book Presentations: Why is it a classic? |
| Prepare for next semester. Read children's picture books. Make an annotated bibliography. |
