In this subject, students investigate the development of literature for children from the traditional literatures of myth and legend, folk and fairy tales, through early publishing, to the emergence of genres of adventure, fantasy and realism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
One set of webpages, with research notes 30%
One annotated bibliography 20%
Evidence of tutorial preparation through participation 10%
One 2-hour final examination 40%
Zipes, J. Happily Ever After: fairy tales, children and the culture. 1997
Hourihan, M. Deconstructing the Hero: Literacy theory and children's literature. 1997
