ENG 2460: Introduction to Children's Literature

Summer 2004

COURSE SCHEDULE

Readings are in the Riverside Anthology (except for Alice in Wonderland).  Please note: following each use of “Selections” are individual pages numbers on which a folktale, myth, story, excerpt, etc. begins. Please read each selection in its entirety.

W 6/2     Overview, Introductions

M 6/7     “Introduction” (1-9), “Stories for the Eye” (165-188), “Picture Books” (189-206)

W 6/9     “History of the Illustrated Book” (207-222), “A Chorus of Voices” (13-14), “Voices of the Nursery” (15-63)

M 6/14   “Voices of Nonsense” (64-86), “Voices of Childhood” (88-135), “Other Poetry Selections” (131-161)

W 6/16    “The Oral Tradition” (225-226), “Storytelling” (656-661), “Fables” (227-244)

M 6/21    “Folktales” (245-251) Selections: German: “Hansel and Gretel” (255), “The Fisherman and His Wife” (258); French: “Little Red Riding Hood” (275), “Cinderella and the Glass Slipper” (277); English: “Jack and the Beanstalk” (297); Irish: “The Bee, the Harp, the Mouse, and the Bum-Clock” (311); Spanish: “The Flea” (331); Italian, “The Silver Nose” (337); Russian, “Vasilissa the Fair” (340); Jewish, “The Golem” (368); Japanese, “The Tongue-Cut Sparrow” (394); American, “Paul Bunyan” (450)

W 6/23   Exam 1: Please bring a blue book.

M 6/28   “Myths, Legends, and Sacred Writings” (475-481)  Selections: Ancient Greek: “Demeter” (482), “Cupid and Psyche” (484), “Atlanta’s Race” (492); Norse: “The Magic Apples” (504), “Thor Gains His Hammer” (515); Native American: “Determination of the Seasons” (523), “How Gooskap Found the Summer” (523); Hawaiian: “How Kana Brought Back the Sun and Moon and Stars” (545); Judeo-Christian: “The Fall of Man” (547), “St. George and the Dragon” (553); Hindu: “Manuy and Shatarupa” (554); Buddhist: “The Buddha” (557)

W 6/30   “Epics and Romances” (562-566)

Selections: Greek: “Odysseus and the Cyclops” (567); English: “Beowulf” (580), “King Arthur and His Sword” (591); German: “Fafnir, the Dragon” (625); French: “The Song of Roland” (635); Spanish, “El Cid” (641); Finnish “The Kalevala” (646); Hindu, “Rama” (651)

M 7/5     July Fourth Holiday

W 7/7     “The Storied World” (665-674), “On Three Ways of Writing for Children” (1075-1081),
 “Fantasy and Science Fiction” (807-813) Selections: “Little House in the Big Woods” (675), “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” (705), “Anastasia Krupnik” (729), “Carrie’s War” (738), “The Planet of Junior Brown” (748), “Island of the Blue Dolphins” (764), “How the Camel Got His Hump” (829), “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (835), “Charlotte’s Web” (880), “The Hobbit” (911), “A Wrinkle in Time” (935), “Tuck Everlasting” (940)

 

view and discuss film: Peter Pan

M 7/12   Film Review 1 due

“Biography” (950-954), “Travel and History” (998-1002), “Science” (1030-1033)  Selections: “Nothing Is Impossible: The Story of Beatrix Potter” (955); “Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl” (959); “Letters to Horseface, Being the Story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Journey to Italy…” (964); “Journey toward Freedom: The Story of Sojourner Truth” (978);  “A Natural History of Giraffes” (1036); “Wrapped for Eternity” (1044)

W 7/14   Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 

M 7/19 Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

Bring Annotated Bibliography draft for a short workshop.

W 7/21   view and discuss film: Alice in Wonderland

M 7/26   Annotated Bibliographies due / Presentations Bring your formal annotated bibliography to turn in (see handout for description of project).  In addition, bring 36 copies of your 1-page “top recommendations” (mini-annotated-bibliography) and your selected books to share with the class.

W 7/28   Film Review 2 due

Exam 2: Please bring a blue book and a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your exam back.