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Romanticism to Postmodernism: Developments in Children's Literature - LIT847

This unit examines the critical and cultural development of children's literature from the nineteenth century to the present. The unit relates the literature to social and intellectual history, and considers the impact of major paradigm shifts. Topics may include the social and literary constructions of childhood; the development of the Bildungsroman for younger readers; representations of gender, class, race and power; and the development of social realism and of fantasy.

Credit Points: 4
When Offered:

TBD - Not offered in the current year; next offering is to be determined

Staff Contact(s): 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 Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

NCCW(s): ENGL726
Unit Designation(s):

Arts

Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of English

Faculty of Arts

Timetable Information

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