Aim
This unit aims to assist you in your on-going development as:
An effective communicator with an enhanced knowledge of the diverse field of adolescent literature;
A learner who is aware of issues of inclusiveness, difference and intercultural understandings as they are articulated through literature written for young people;
A reflective practitioner who is open to the challenges that literature offers in viewing the world from different perspectives, and who is committed to developing creative and challenging learning experiences using adolescent literature.
Bradford, C. (2001). Reading race: Aboriginality in Australian children?s literature. Carlton South, VIC: Melbourne University Press.
Bull, G., & Anstey, M. (Eds). (2002). Crossing the boundaries. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia.
Mallan, K. (1999). In the picture: Perspectives on picturebook art and artists. Wagga Wagga, NSW: Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University..
Mallan, K., & Pearce, S. (Eds). (2003). Youth cultures: Texts, images, and identities. Westport, CT: Greenwood/Praeger.
Stahl, J.D., Hanlon, T.L. & Keyser, E.L. (2007). Crosscurrents of children?s literature: An anthology of texts and criticism. New York: Oxford University Press.
Stephens, J. (Ed.). (2002). Ways of being male: Representing masculinities in children?s literature and film. London: Routledge.
