This unit examines the critical and cultural development of children's literature from the nineteenth century to the present. The unit relates the literature to social and intellectual history, and considers the impact of major paradigm shifts. Topics may include the social and literary constructions of childhood; the development of the Bildungsroman for younger readers; representations of gender, class, race and power; and the development of social realism and of fantasy. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Robyn McCallum, Dr Victoria Flanagan
Prerequisites: Admission to MA in (English Literature or Children's Literature or Creative Writing) or PGDipArts in Children's Literature or MEChild in Multiliteracies or PGDipEChild in Multiliteracies
