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Module Title LC Discovering Children’s Literature B
SchoolEng, Drama, & Creative Studies
Department English Literature
Module Code 09 37003
Module Lead Emily Wingfield
Level Certificate Level
Credits 10
Semester Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites LC Discovering Children’s Literature A - (09 37002)
Restrictions None
Contact Hours Lecture-10 hours
Seminar-10 hours
Guided independent study-80 hours
Total: 100 hours
Exclusions
Description This module develops critical approaches to children’s literature in English. It is divided into a series of study blocks, each focusing on a key type of children’s literature. From year to year there will be opportunities to study genres such as: fantasy and dystopia for children, children’s horror and historical fiction, child detective stories, comics and graphic novels, and young adult fiction. Set texts in each block both foster comparison across historical periods and raise themes of particular contemporary interest (e.g. sexuality and gender, race, the environment).
Learning Outcomes By the end of the module students should be able to:
  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of some of the main and emerging genres of children’s literature and young adult fiction;
  • Explore how different types of children’s literature engage with themes of contemporary critical interest (e.g. sexuality and gender, race, the environment);
  • Reflect critically on the role played by forms and techniques particular to certain types of children’s literature;
  • Exhibit an understanding of how children’s literature both adapts traditional literary forms and has itself been adapted across a variety of different media.
Assessment 37003-01 : DCL A 1000 Word Essay : Coursework (30%)
37003-03 : DCL B 2000 Word Assignment : Coursework (70%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions The assessment for modules 37002 and 37003 is linked.

Essay 1,000 words (30%) [normally in Semester 1]

Essay 2,000 words (70%) [normally in Semester 2]

Reassessment: Re-submission of failed component
Other
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