Discussions and lectures on history, development, and critical evaluation of children's literature (including works from other cultures in translation). Children's literature will be considered through multiple critical approaches, including gender, cultural and psychological criticism. The course will require critical essays, including a researched paper.

This course surveys the history of literature written for children. Discussion is primarily based on critical analysis of myths and traditional stories, modern fairy tales, classics, ethnic stories, poetry, modern realism, and new literary trends. The availability and suitability of reading for age groups from childhood through adolescence are also considered.

This course studies and analyzes outstanding classical, contemporary and multicultural literature for children and adolescents, arranged by genre. Students are given an overview of the evolution of the literature from its cultural roots in myth and legend to its present role as a reflector of modern society.

4 hours; 4 creditsLiterature appropriate for students in elementary and secondary schools. Fundamentals of literature and basic reading of interest to young people.Prerequisite: English 1010 [1] or 1.7.

This course investigates all the essential aspects of writing for children, including: language/appropriate vocabulary, voice, audience, theme, style and technique. Fiction and poetry are examined. The skills of editing, revision, and presentation are explored.

English Lit 200-Level Elective

CBA Credit CC - Liberal Arts

Elective Credit

This course will introduce students to the culturally diverse body of children's literature as a field of literary study. After a brief historical introduction in which the development of writing for children is presented in a socio-cultural context, students will read and respond, orally and in writing, to outstanding selections reflecting the multicultural heritage of this literature. Through lectures, class discussion, and supplemental textbook and journal article readings, students will be exposed to folklore, fairy tales, fantasy, poetry, and realistic fiction. As a final project, students will conduct an in-depth genre, author, or cultural study by using print and on-line resources. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate literature written for readers from pre-school through young adult.

Selected works of children's literature in relation to a special theme, technique, theoretical issue, or cultural consideration.

The stories we read as children stay with us because of how they point to adult themes. This class will explore what diverse depictions of young people in popular books and movies reveal about justice, how these stories define childhood, and why race, gender and class are vital lenses for examining what is simply part of experience for kids. Students will be guided through composing argument-based projects and the class will include a group creative project, such as writing and illustrating an original children's story based on their own experiences growing up.

Satisfies Flexible Core - Individual and Society

This course familiarizes students with various types of childrens literature, including fairy tales, modern fantasy, picture books and realistic fiction. Students will examine the experience of the child and factors that may shape the childs identity and values. Students will evaluate the literary standards and pluralistic character of the literature.Authors such as E.B. White, Lewis Carroll, Judy Blume, Mildred D. Taylor, Jacqueline Woodson, and Meg Medina, among others, may be read.CUNY Pathways: Flexible Core-Individual & Society

200-LEVEL ELECTIVE

This course will introduce students to various genres of children'sliterature, including folklore, myths, picture books, poetry, andnovels. Students will read, discuss, analyze, and critically respondto children's literature. Emphasis will be placed on reading literaturerepresenting diverse voices and on considering ways to integratethose voices into the traditional children's literary canon.Pre-requisite: ENGL 150

Elective Credit

English Elective Credit

This course provides an overview of children's literature focusing on the cultural debates it reflects and elicits. Possible genres covered may include fables, fairy tales, and picture books, all supplemented by related theoretical and contextual readings.

Elective Credit

Elective Credit

English Liberal Arts Elective