120114 VO Literature Course (321) = Literatures in English (2009S)
Alice, Harry & Co: Literature in English for young readers
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Diese LVA gilt für die Masterstudien Englisch nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).
Details
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 10.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
- Tuesday 17.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
- Tuesday 24.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
- Tuesday 31.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
- Tuesday 21.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
- Tuesday 28.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
- Tuesday 05.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
- Tuesday 12.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
- Tuesday 19.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
- Tuesday 26.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
- Tuesday 09.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
- Tuesday 16.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
- Tuesday 23.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This lecture class will be concerned with literature written for young readers in the English language. We will look both at some great classics of British and American literature from the 19th and 20th centuries and at more recent prize winners and bestsellers, combining textual analysis with cultural studies and a range of literary theories. Questions that will be addressed in the lecture concern the multiple readership of children's literature, political correctness and critical pedagogies, issues of gender, ethnicity and class, the market for children's and young adults' literature, as well as aspects of teaching these texts in the English language classroom. It is especially (but not exclusively) recommended for future teachers of English!
Assessment and permitted materials
final written exam
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
- Students will be introduced to the wide range of writing in English for young readers and to the critical debates that this literature has engendered.
- Students will learn to integrate their knowledge of literary studies, literary theories, and cultural studies in the exploration of a specific field of literary writing.
- Students will explore the potential of children's and young adults' literature for the EFL classroom.
- Students will critically investigate the construction of children and childhood, but also of identity issues such as gender, ethnicity, class, and nationality, in literary texts.
- Students will learn to integrate their knowledge of literary studies, literary theories, and cultural studies in the exploration of a specific field of literary writing.
- Students will explore the potential of children's and young adults' literature for the EFL classroom.
- Students will critically investigate the construction of children and childhood, but also of identity issues such as gender, ethnicity, class, and nationality, in literary texts.
Examination topics
interactive lecture course supported by e-learning platform
Reading list
A reading list will be posted at the beginning of March. Extra material will be made available on the e-learning platform.
Association in the course directory
321, 326, 336, 338, 328, 722, 3013, 2013
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33