Children's Literature, Spring 2005
Schedule of Readings and Assignments
January 10--introduction & logistics
January 12--N&R 1, 2, 5
Build-It presentation
January 14--N&R, 4; Charlotte's Web
January 17--Charlotte's Web
January 19--Little Red Riding Hood and historical criticism: N&R 218-219, 302-310; Hallet & Karasek 1-16; Darnton essay (h/o)
January 21--The child as hero, brain over brawn, and Freudian criticism: H&K 135-152, 153-169, 376-391; N&R 223-225
January 24--Cinderella, damsels in distress, and feminist criticism: H&K 37-55, 57-76, 391-415
Monday night: watch Ever After in Adams Auditorium
January 26--More Cinderella: Ever After (watch before class); N&R 142-144
Read online: Naomi Wood, "Domesticating
Dreams in Walt Disney's Cinderella"
(from off campus, enter the library
website and select "Project Muse" from the list of on-line
databases. Enter your net-id and password, then search for the article as
listed here.)
January 28--Sleeping Beauty, H&K 17-36, 261-276
January 31--Beastly bride(groom)s and feminist/cultural criticism: H&K 97-133, 415-427
Monday night: watch Beauty & the Beast in Adams Auditorium
February 2--More beastliness: Beauty & the Beast (watch before class)
February 4--Nineteenth-century tales by Andersen & Wilde: H&K 183-261
Unit Three: Gender & Genre in
the 19th Century
February 7--The Alice Books
February 9--Alice/2
February 11--Alice/3
February 14--Peter and Wendy
February 16--Peter and Wendy
February 18--Treasure Island
February 21--Treasure Island
February 23--A Little Princess
February 25--A Little Princess
February 28--midterm
Unit Four: Imagining Other
Worlds: 20th-century Children's Fantasy
see (slightly) changed schedule,
below
March 2-- The Giver
Dr. Suess's birthday
March 4--The Giver
SPRING BREAK
March 14-- introduction to library research in children's literature, N&R 9
send your choices for the final
project (scroll down to the
bottom) to me by the end of the day, please!
Lois Lowry Visit: 3/15
Lois Lowry's talk is at 7:30 pm on March 15 in the Alice Haynes Room. This is a required event.
March 16--The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
March 18--LWW/2
March 21--The Golden Compass
March 23--TGC/2
March 25--TGC/3
March 28--Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone; N&R 122-127
March 30--HP/2
April 1--HP/3
April 4--N&R 8; The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963
April 6--The Watsons/2
April 8--Silent to the Bone
April 11--STB/2
April 13--class cancelled for
student meetings and final work on projects
April 15--Instructor away at professional conference
April 18--Monster/1
April 20--Monster/2
April 22--catch up and review
Final Exam for section one is Monday, April 25, 2-5
Final Exam for section two is Friday, April 29, 2-5