ENGL 206 Children's Literature
Course Information
| Course Number | ENGL 206 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Children's Literature |
| Description | Children's literature provides a survey of literature for children, including its history and its place in contemporary society. The course introduces students to literature for children from birth to age 21, pairing literature with cognitive, emotional, and social development. Students will explore children's literature as real literature, examining literary concepts such as time, setting, place, narrative, plot, characterization, and literary device. We will also study how cultures generate narratives, and how children's literature can create its own version of history while reflecting its culture(s). (MNTC goal area 6) (Prerequisites: ENGL 100 or instructor permission) |
| Total Credits | 4 |
| Total Hours | 64 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 4 Credits, 64 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or Instructor permission
Institutional Core Competencies
- Cultural Competence - Students will be able to demonstrate an attitude of personal curiosity, a rising knowledge of cultures, and an evolving range of skills for living and working among others with other worldviews and ways of life.
- Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.
Course Competencies
- Identify the uniqueness of children's literature as a genre.
- Trace the broad outline of the historical, cultural, and artistic development of literature for children.
- Identify categories of children's literature and distinguish age-appropriate literature.
- Practice the role of literary critic and analyze books in each age category.
- Situate literature in its historical and cultural frame.
- Explore the oral qualities of children's literature.
- Write about children's literature.
- Examine books as "mirrors" and "windows" texts.
- Identify characteristics of books which enhance child development.
- Identify and select children's books of high quality and intrinsic value.
- Explain and analyze how bibliotherapy can help children's life skills.
SCC Accessibility Statement
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