Literary Studies: Literature for 0-18 (8141.4)

Please note these are the 2018 details for this unit
Home
/
Find your course
/
Literary Studies: Literature for 0-18
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Arts And Design
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Discipline Of Creative And Cultural Practice Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
In this unit students read and respond to literature in many forms, including picture books, poetry, novels and hypertext, written for young people between the ages of 0 - 18 years of age. Students read selections from critical and theoretical debates within the field of young people?s literature and literary studies. This unit is co-taught with unit 8751 Literary Studies: Literature for 0-18 G.

This unit is co-taught with unit 8751 Literary Studies: Literature for 0-18 G.


Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the unit students will be able to:
1.demonstrate in written and oral forms an ability to critically and creatively analyse the formal and aesthetic qualities of the studied works; and
2. demonstrate orally and in writing a creative and critical understanding of critical and theoretical engagements with the field of young people's literature.


Skills development

In this unit students will be able to read and respond to literature in many forms, including picture books, poetry, novels and hypertext, written for young people between the ages of 0 – 18 years of age. Students will read selections from critical and theoretical debates within the field of young people’s literature and literary studies.



Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None

Equivalent units

None

Assumed knowledge

None.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
Not available

Required texts

Betts, A.J. (2013) Zac and Mia, Text publishing, Melbourne (bookshop)

Bradford, C. (2001). Speaking for the Aborigines: knowledge, power and Aboriginalism (Ch. 4). In Reading Race (pp. 109-130). Melbourne University Press.

Carnavas, P (2017) The Elephant, UQP (bookshop)

Dudek, D (2005), Desiring Perception: Finding Utopian Impulses in Shaun Tan's The Lost Thing, Papers – Explorations into Children's Literature, 15:2

Eagar, K (2016) Summer Skin, Allen and Unwin (bookshop)

Eaton, A (2013) The Interactive Picturebook - mapping 'literacy' on a narrative/technology continuum, Fusion Journal, Number 3 [online]

French, J (2011) Nanberry: Black Brother White (excerpt)

Green, J (2012) The Fault in our Stars, Penguin (bookshop)

Hateley, E (2013), Reading: From turning the Page to Touching the Screen in Wu, McGillis and Mallan [eds] (Re)Imagining the World: Children's Literature's Response to Changing Times, Springer, New York, pp 1-12

Lukashenko, M (2009) Muwi muwi-nyhn, binung goonj; boastful talk and broken ears, WQ (Writing Queensland), 186: 5-7

Nikolajeva, M (2008), Comparative Children's Literature: What is there to compare?, in Papers Vol 18, No.1

Thomas, J (2016) Songs that Sound Like Blood (bookshop)

Tan, S.  (2000) The Lost Thing, Lothian, Melbourne. (Library Short Loan)

- (2002) The Red Tree, Lothian, Melbourne. (Library short loan)

- (2006) The Arrival, Lothian, Melbourne. (Library short loan)

- (2008) Tales from Outer Suburbia, Allen  & Unwin, Sydney. (Library short loan)

- (2013) Rules of Summer, Allen & Unwin, Sydney (Library short loan / bookshop)

Zorn, C (2016) One Would Think the Deep, UQP, Brisbane (bookshop)

Participation requirements

Students electing the Face-to-face assessment option for assessment item one should note the following:

–This is NOT an attendance mark; simply showing up to the classes but not participating in any meaningful way will get you a score of 0/5 for that class. In order to achieve a passing grade in that assessment you will need to have actively prepared for the class in question (completed all readings, addressed all reflection questions) and be prepared to discuss and debate as required.

–You will not receive marks for classes in which you do not participate; while it is possible to miss (for emergencies, or unforseen circumstances) up to 2 of the book discussion or critical reading classes and still achieve the level of participation required to pass the assessment, you will not under any circumstances be given marks for missed classes.

–Education students who may have practicum during the semester, which precludes them from attending their regular tutorial class should, in the first instance, organise to attend another class for that week (several classes start late in the day, out of school hours, and it will be acceptable for education students to attend these alternative classes when needed, although they should notify their regular tutor, the alternative class tutor, and the unit convener ahead of time). In the event that an education student is unable to attend an alternative class, they should contact Tony at least a fortnight ahead of time to organise an alternative contribution assessment for that week

Required IT skills

Ability to access and use internet and Canvas, wordprocessing capacity

In-unit costs

Other than the required readings for the unit (which the student may choose to purchase, or borrow from the UC or ACT library systems) there are no additional costs for this unit
 

Work placement, internships or practicums

None