| 学習目標 |
| Acquiring a knowledge of some traditions of children's literature in English. Identifying the problematics of children's literature today. Relating the knowledge and insight acquired to creative work. |
| 授業概要 |
| This course focuses on some traditions of children's literature in English, from alphabets to comics, mixing the classic and the emergent in each genre. The aim is to stimulate students to read afresh, honing their skills in close reading, in visual literacy, and in contextualising historical and cross-cultural constructions of childhood and adulthood. Students will be encouraged to engage in their own creative work. |
| テキスト |
| Jack Zipes et al, eds. The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature (Norton, 2005). Handouts. |
| 参考文献・課題図書 |
| Reference books will be introduced in class. |
| 受講生への要望 |
| Class participation, oral presentations, creative work. There will be a selection process at the beginning of the first term. Students who wish to enroll should enquire at the English Department Office before registering. |
| 評価方法 |
| Class attendance, oral presentations, creative work. |
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| 授業計画 |
１．Alphabets:Comenius, Greenaway, Lear, Dr. Seuss
２．Primers and Readers:Barbauld, Lobel, Newbery, Carroll
３．Animal Fables: Kipling, Thurber, Bryan
４．Classical Myths: Garfield, Colum
５．Legends: Browning, Pyle, Green
６．Religion: Bunyan, Watts, Singer, Rice
７．Fantasy: Baum, Nesbit, Alexander
８．Verse: Lullabies, Baby Songs, Nursery Verse, Riddles, Nonsense
９．Picture Books 1: Gag, Leaf, Ardizzone, Macaulay
10．Picture Books 2: Greenaway, Caldecott, Briggs, Ahlberg
11．Comics: McCay, Disney
12．Creative Work 1
13．Creative Work 2
14．Creative Work 3
15．Creative Work 4 |
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