ENGL 2071 - Children’s Literature

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None
Course Description: This college course intended for all students will analyze and explore the literature written for children. Students will explore the history of children’s literature, children’s poetry, picture books, realistic and fantasy novels as well as criteria for evaluating these works. Selections may include works by E. B. White, J. K. Rowling, Mildred Taylor, and Christopher Paul Curtis.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts

Prerequisite(s): Assessment score placement in RDNG 1000 or above, or completion of RDNG 0900 or RDNG 0950 with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: Completion of ENGL 1021 with a grade of C or higher.

Major Content

Childrens Literature:
Fantasy fiction
History of children¿s literature
Issues in childrens literature banned books, diversity, violence
Picture books
Poetry
Realistic fiction
The oral tradition folktales, mythology

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in children¿s literature.
analyze these works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.
articulate an informed personal reaction to works in children¿s literature
respond critically to works in childrens literature.
analyze basic literary elements in works studied.

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ENGL 2071 - Children’s Literature