Children's Literature

• • Introduction: The Idea of Children's Literature
  • History of Children's Literature
  • Picture Books I
  • Picture Books II
  • Juvenilia
  • Writing by Children
  • Graphic Novels
  • Verse Novels
  • Realism
  • Contemporary Fantasy
  • Adaptation and YA Film
  • Subjectivity and Children's Young Adult Literature
  • Genre and Gender in Children's Literature
  • Conclusion

• Study resources

  • Instructional methods

    • Discussion forum/Discussion Board
    • Online Quizzes/Tests
    • Online assignment submission
    • Standard Media
    • Streaming Multimedia
    • Web links

  • Online materials

    • Resources and Links

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

MAQ-ENGX120-Approaches to English Literature , or MAQ-ENG110

Special requirements

• OtherDetails -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

ENGX209 offers an introduction to the range of literature, both past and current, written for children, including picture books, poetry, and a variety of realistic and fantastic fictions (novel and film) for younger readers and adolescents. Key concepts and a common conceptual language employed in discussing and analysing children's literature will be introduced. Issues addressed include: the idea of a literature for children, visual and verbal textualities; notions of genre; gender representation; and the place of books in the socialisation of children.

• Verbal and Visual Narrative Essay (30%)
• Research Essay (40%)
• Participation (20%)
• Quiz (10%)

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