Introduction to Australian Children's Literature (LANG 1037)
Semester 2 / 2016

Texts

y separately published work icon Bush, City, Cyberspace : The Development of Australian Children's Literature into the Twenty-First Century John Foster , E. J. Finnis , Maureen Nimon , Wagga Wagga : Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University , 2005 Z1508775 2005 single work criticism (taught in 7 units) Provides a snapshot of the state of Australian children's and adolescent literature in the early twenty-first century, and an insight into its history, promoting a sense of where Australian literature for young people may be going. Written by the same three authors published for information studies in 1995.

Description

Students are introduced to pioneering Australian authors / illustrators and how the national children's literature has developed to the award-winning and popular literature of today. They examine the genres of humour, fantasy, historical fiction and contemporary realism and are introduced to Aboriginal concerns and the depiction of multicultural society.

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