Children's Literature: Concepts and Theories - ENGL710
This unit introduces students to contemporary literary and cultural theories pertinent to reading and analysing texts produced for children. Students will develop their own research projects that address a key analytical aspect of children’s literature. Research 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; and classics, canons and postmodernity.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | S1 Evening - Session 1, North Ryde, Evening |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Ryan Twomey |
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Admission to MRes |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of English Faculty of Arts |
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