ALL350 - Children's literature around the world
Unit details
| Year: | 2019 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Trimester 2 Unit Chair: | Sue Chen |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have completed at least one Children’s Literature or Literary Studies unit at second year level |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2 hour seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online): | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 1 x 2 hour seminar equivalent |
Content
This unit explores the role of culture, language and nation in children’s literature in the context of a range of international forces and factors. Historical and contemporary children’s literature is subject to both culture-specific influences and the broader cultural, linguistic, economic and political dynamics driven by imperialism, globalisation and transnationalism. This unit examines how ideas travel through transnational children’s literature in regard to its circulation, commodification, translation, canonicity and ideology, and its implications for young people’s understanding of nation and identity in the global context. This is a capstone unit: students undertaking this unit will draw on knowledge and skills acquired in previous children’s literature units to complete a major or minor sequence.
Assessment
Assessment 1 (Group of 2-4 students) – Group Project (1200 words or equivalent) -30%
Assessment 2 (Individual) – Quiz (800 words or equivalent) - 20%
Assessment 3 (Individual) - Essay (2000 words or equivalent) - 50%
Unit Fee Information
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