Spring Semester 2000
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IMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 46
EDUC 465 -4
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Children's Literature
DO1.00
Mon & Wed
12:30-14:20
PREREQUISITE
60 credit hours
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Dr. Janis Dawson
Office: MPX
8639
Tel:
291-3476
E-mail: jdawson@sfu.ca
This course will examine children's literature within an historical, social, cultural and literary
context. Major genres of children's literature as well as themes and issues will be considered.
Group discussions, presentations, and assignments will emphasize ways of bringing children
and books together.
OBJECTIVES
1.
To introduce .students to aspects of children's literature in the past and the present.
2.
To encourage an appreciation of children's literature.
3.
To gain an understanding of the range of children's literature: myth, legend, fairy tales, fantasy,
animal stories, adventure stories, domestic stories, poetry.
4.
To acquire an ability to analyze, select, and evaluate works of children's literature.
5. To develop methods of presenting stories and poems to children.
REQUIREMENTS
Written assignments
Presentations
Class participation
REQUIRED READINGS
Sutcliff, R., Dragon Slayer. Penguin, 1981.
Zipes, J., The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Vol. 1. Bantam, 1988.
Barrie, J
.
, Peter Pan. Penguin, 1977.
Tolkien, J
.
R. R., The Hobbit. Unwin, 1972.
Cushman, K. Catherine, Called Birdy. Harper Collins, 1994.
Stevenson, R. L., Treasure Island. Penguin, 1977.
Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Avon, 1990.
Potter, B., The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Warne-Penguin, 1987.
Steig, W., Abel's Island. Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Harper Collins, 1996.
Alcott, L.M., Little Women. Penguin, 1953.
Banks, L.R., The Indian in the Cupboard. Avon, 1982.
McFarland, S. & Lightburn, R., Waiting for the Whales. Orca, 1991.
RECOMMENDED READING
Russell, D.L., Literature for Children: A Short Introduction, 2nd ed. Longman, 1991.
