Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course students will be able to:
- demonstrate a good understanding of modern as well as contemporary children’s and young adult literature in English by critically analyzing and interpreting a selection of texts
- orally and in writing communicate and argue for their own interpretations making use of a central literary concepts.
- orally and in writing account for and respond to scholarly discussions on the study of childhood and children’s and young adult literature
Course Content
This course treats a selection of modern and contemporary children’s and young adult works from the English-speaking world. It introduces literary terminology for the analyses of the works as well as theoretical perspectives to childhood and the study of children’s and young adult literature. These broaden the understanding of the genre and increase the awareness of how the perception of children is created and transformed, and the implications of this for debates over both childhood and children’s and young adult literature.
Assessment
The course is examined through continuous assessment during seminars and written pre-seminar work as well as a final term paper on a children’s or young adult text.
Assignments which are turned in after the stated deadline cannot receive the grade Pass with Distinction unless there are extenuating circumstances.
Assignments which are turned in after the stated deadline cannot receive the grade Pass with Distinction unless there are extenuating circumstances.
Forms of Study
Teaching consists of a series of obligatory seminars, and written assignments. All teaching is conducted in English.
Grades
The Swedish grades U–VG.
Prerequisites
- General entry requirements and English 6. No knowledge of Swedish is required
Other Information
Replaces EN1008.