Literature for Children I

The aim of the course “Literature for Children I” is to introduce students: a) in the field of literary production for children, b) in the comprehension of particular defining elements of literary texts that is addressed to the children, and c) in the exploitation of modern practical/ways of approach of literary texts for children.

Objectives

At the end of the course students: - (they) might distinguish the conceptual content of terms and the particularly defining elements of Literature for Children, - (they) will have been familiarized with the basic principles of Theory and Criticism of Literature for Children, - (they) will have come in contact with the basic literary genres and with the ways of their exploitation in the Preschool Education, - (they) will know modern tendencies and approaches to children’s literary texts. Competences: After the completion of the course, the students will have developed further the competence: - to cultivate their critical disposal in the literary texts that are addressed in the children, - to deepen in theoretical significances and to use them more effectively in the class, - to enrich their methods and their techniques, - to seek for more effective ways of offering literary texts to the children.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Syllabus

1. Introductive concepts-Clarification of terms ("Literature", "Literature for Children"). 2. Conceptual determination and peculiar character of Literature for Children. 3. Introduction to the Theory and the Criticism of Literature for Children. 4. The child as a reader and critic of Literature for Children. 5. Form and content of literary texts for children - Terms of appropriateness - Criteria of choice. 6. Basic genres of literary texts in Preschool Education [ Fairy tales, Fables, Short-stories, Poetry, Picture Books (techniques-methods), Theatre (forms-type) ]. 7. Story-telling (types, techniques, codes, activities). 8. Modern tendencies and approaches to literary texts for children (humour, metafiction, intertextuality, etc.)