Literary Studies : Literature for 0-18 (8141/8751)
Faculty of Arts and Design - University of Canberra
2012

Texts

y separately published work icon Shake a Leg Boori Pryor , Jan Ormerod (illustrator), Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2010 Z1733607 2010 single work picture book children's (taught in 1 units) 'From pizza shop to bora ground, here is a joyous celebration of food, dance and cultural understanding. When three young boys go to a pizza parlour and meet an Aboriginal chef who can speak Italian and make a deadly pizza, they're in for a surprise!' Source: www.allenandunwin.com/ (Sighted 26/05/2011).
y separately published work icon Tender Morsels Margo Lanagan , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2008 Z1522899 2008 single work novel fantasy (taught in 2 units)

'Tender Morsels is a dark and vivid story, set in two worlds and worrying at the border between them. It is a gloriously told tale of journeys and transformations, penetrating the boundaries between male and female, reality and myth, conscious and unconscious, temporal and spiritual, human and beast.

'Liga lives modestly in her own personal heaven, given to her by natural magic and in exchange for her earthly life. Her two daughters, gentle Branza and curious Urdda, grow up in this harmonious world, protected from the violence and village prejudice that once made their mother's life unendurable.

'But the real world cannot be denied forever, and gradually the borders break down between Liga's refuge and the place from which she escaped. Having known heaven, how will Liga and her daughters survive back in the world where beauty cannot be separated from cruelty? How far can you take your fantasies before they grow dangerous? How fully can you protect your children, and how completely should you?' (Publisher's blurb)
Graveyard Book!$!Gaiman, Neil!$! London!$!Bloomsbury!$!2008
After the First Death!$!Cormier, Robert!$! New York!$!Pantheon Books!$!1979

Degrees

Bachelor of Writing

Description

In this unit students will be able to read and respond to literature in many forms, including picture books, poetry, novels and hypertext, written for young people between the ages of 0 – 18 years of age. Students will read selections from critical and theoretical debates within the field of young people’s literature and literary studies.

This unit is co-taught with unit 8751 Literary Studies: Literature for 0-18 G.

Supplementary Texts

Strange Objects, 1990 - Crew, Gary

Riding the Black Cockatoo 2009 - Danalis, John

A Rose for the Anzac Boys, 2008 - French, Jackie

Sleeping Dogs, 1995 - Hartnett, Sonya

Exposure, 2008 - Peet, Mal

Other Details

Offered in: 2011, 2009
Levels: Undergraduate
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