ENGL2071 — Children’s Literature: Introduction to Literary Studies
ENGL 2071 - Children’s Literature: Introduction to Literary Studies ENGL 2071 - Children’s Literature: Introduction to Literary Studies Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None Course Description: This college literature course intended for all students focuses on the analysis and exploration of literature written for children. Topics include the history of children’s literature, children’s poetry, picture books, realistic and fantasy novels, as well as criteria for evaluating these works. Selections may include works by E.B. White, J.K. Rowling, Mildred Taylor, and Christopher Paul Curtis. MnTC Goals 6 Humanities/Fine Arts Major Content Children’s Literature Fantasy fiction History of children’s literature Issues in children’s literature banned books, diversity, violence Picture books Poetry Realistic fiction The oral tradition - folktales, mythology Using primary and secondary sources Learning
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052