ENG 4223 - Children’s Literature Grows Up

3 Credit Hour(s)

This course will analyze the development of children’s literature and culture over the past two centuries. The question of what qualifies as children’s literature will be addressed at length, with respect to style, subject matter, genre, and readership. The class will also query the place that children’s literature occupies in the literary canons of the nineteenth and twentieth century, and examine how its innovations relate to the larger period developments with general literature.

Prerequisite: C+ or higher in ENG 1123
Availability: WPB: Odd Springs

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