Course: Children's Literature

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Course title Children's Literature
Course code KAJ/YCHLI
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Dömischová Ivona, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Anténe Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics: Genres and their definitions. Changes in the understanding of childhood. Selected texts from Anglophone children's literature. Selected texts from Anglophone young adult literature. Censorship and social control in literature.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
The focus of the course will be on exploiting some simple literary texts for teaching English language.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay

Attendance, reading assigned texts, submitting an essay or a lesson plan dealing with the use of children's literature in teaching.
Recommended literature
  • BREWSTER, J. ? ELLIS, G. (1991). The Storytelling Handbook for Primary Teachers. . LOndon.
  • RUSSELL, D. H. Literature for Children: A Short Introduction. Boston: Pearson. 2012.
  • VODIČKOVÁ, M. Children?s Literature from the Beginning of the 20th century. Olomouc: UP. 2012.
  • VODIČKOVÁ, M. Children?s Literature up to the End of the 19th Century. Olomouc: UP. 2011.


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