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Course Outline:
The ETS4U course explores
two specific assumptions:
- What is our notion of "children" and "childhood"?
- What is literature for children?
Children's Literature is a very broad genre which covers
everything from "picture books" designed for children
of specific ages to novels originally written for adult readers,
but later claimed by children (Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island,
Robin Hood).
This course assumes that "childhood" is not merely
a biological state, but also sociological in nature; where
childhood begins and ends is determined by the elements of
culture such as economics, philosophy and religion. A study
of children's literature may include the following assumptions
and approaches:
- Although children's literature is usually written for
children, it is written by adults and the "adult perspective"
therefore must be considered.
- Children's literature has traditionally been given to
children to read for the purposes of both instruction and
entertainment and these agendas are important to how we
read literature.
- Children's literature can be seen in terms of the development
of a child and therefore models of developmental psychology
can be useful studying the genre as well as children's responses
to literature.
- Theoretical models which we use to study "adult"
literature can also be applied to children's literature
which illuminates both the literature and the model for
students.
Course Evaluation:
As with all English courses
at Denison, the ETS4U course follows the same evaluation breakdown:
- Course Work (70%)
- Term Work (30%)
- Term Writing (40%)
- Final Assessment (30%)
- Final I.S.U. Project (15%)
- Final Exam (15%)
NOTE:
Mr. Zantingh uses Marks
Maestro; the following link will take you to
the page where you may enter your Student Code and Password
(available from the teacher) to access your marks: http://www.rredware.com/sm3reports.asp
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