This document provides information about a Children's Literature course offered in the fall of 2016. The course will survey influential children's works from the past 500 years, including fairy tales and books by popular authors like Dr. Seuss. Students will analyze classics such as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Pinocchio, and Anne of Green Gables. Topics will include the role of stories in children's lives and development. Assignments include essays, presentations, a proposal, an adaptation, and a final research paper.

2. Children’s Literature
ENGL 2333.S1H:World Literature II
Fall 2016
TR 11:30-12:45PM
Children’s Literature: From Fairy Tales to Harry
Potter is a literary survey course of some of the best
loved and most influential children’s works from
around the world. We will study texts designed or
published for children over the last five-hundred
years, including detailed examinations of well-known
fairy tales like Cinderella and Red Riding Hood and
their many modern adaptations. The course will also
cover picture books by such popular authors and
illustrators as Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein. Alongside
these popular writers, we will analyze children’s books
like The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Pinocchio, Anne of
Green Gables, and more. We will explore topics in
children’s literature dealing with politics, philosophy,
history, psychology, and education, but most
importantly we explore the value and significance of
story within the child’s world and ours.

3. Reading!

5. Assignments
• Participation/Attendance 10%
• Critical Response Essays 10%
• Presentations 10%
• Proposal 5%
• Creative Adaptation Assignment 25%
• Final Exam 15%
• Research Paper 25%

6. Dr. Ferrier-Watson