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Children's Literature: Concepts and Theories - LIT864
This unit introduces students to contemporary literary and cultural theories pertinent to reading and analysing texts produced for children. Topics include social and historical contexts for the production and reception of children's literature; constructions of childhood; semiotics of visual and verbal texts; critical approaches to children's texts; ideology and value; classics, canons and postmodernity.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | S2 Evening - Session 2, North Ryde, Evening S2 External - Session 2, External (On-campus dates: None) |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Robyn McCallum, Dr Victoria Flanagan |
| Prerequisites: |
Admission to MChildLit or MCrWrit or GradDipChildLit or GradDipCrWrit or MEChild or MA in (English Literature or Children's Literature or Creative Writing) or PGDipArts in Children's Literature |
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| NCCW(s): | ENGL710 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of English Faculty of Arts |
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