38-2601 Young Children’s Literature: Enculturation through Words and Images

This course offers students a chance to learn how children’s literature, as text and art, has historically taught youth, how it has been taken up in society (e.g., banning of books), and how children’s authors and illustrators have become authors of the culture of their times. The course embodies elements of traditional literary analysis and may appeal to visual artists, creative writers, and educators. Students will study historical trends, literary and artistic devices, ideologies, and text quality present in children’s literature for audiences aged birth through nine years. Students will have opportunities to draft/craft a plan for their own children’s picture book.

3 Credits
HL
PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II or 52-1162 Writing and Rhetoric II- Service Learning or 52-1122 International Writing and Rhetoric II or 52-1112 Writing and Rhetoric - Enhanced II