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Course
Description:
This course is an introduction to critical theories in children’s
and young adult literature. We will discuss theoretical issues that have
influenced the study of children’s and young adult literature, and
explore the ways in which those theories have had uptake in scholarly
studies and research in the field. Students will be expected to have
read Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Peter Pan,
The Arrival, The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963: A Novel, The Amazing
Maurice and His Educated Rodents, and The Mostly True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian prior to the start of class.
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Required
Texts:
The Handbook of Research on Children’s and Young Adult Literature,
edited by Shelby A. Wolf, Karen Coats, Patricia Enciso, and
Christine Jenkins, Routledge 2011
The Routledge Companion to Children’s Literature, edited by
David Rudd, Routledge 2010
*Other readings will be made
available electronically.
**All students will be required to
read and review a critical text of children’s literature criticism
of their choice.
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