CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
96	80602 	S1  	X 	CONTEMP CHILDREN'S LIT    	1.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Rationale
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Student Workload
• Assessment Details

STAFFING:

RATIONALE:

A study of contemporary children's literature offers a view of the influences and factors which effect modern writing for children. Such a study can assist in appreciating how literature can be used as a preparation for life.

SYNOPSIS:

A  study will be made of children's literature written since World War
II,  particularly  that originating in the U.S. and  U.K.,  with  some
reference  to  Australian children's literature.  Current  themes  and
issues  will be explored to trace how societal pressures have impacted
on childrens books.

OBJECTIVES:

On completion of this unit students will be able to demonstrate:

1. knowledge of the development of UK and US children's literature since 1945;
2. ability to compare trends in UK and US children's literature with Australian Children's literature;
3. capacity to identify the social factors which influenced the development of children's literature since 1945;
4. skills to investigate issues affecting children's literature since 1945.

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

Developments in US, UK and Australian                                 25.00
children's literature;

Science fiction in children's literature                              25.00
since 1945

Social factors influencing children's                                 25.00
literature;

Issues in children's literature since                                 25.00
1945.

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

Parrinder, P. Science Fiction. Its Criticism and
Teaching, London, Methuen, 1980.

One of the Following:

Norton, D.E., Through the Eyes of a Child (2nd Ed.),
Melbourne, Merrill, 1987.

Sutherland, Z., Children and Books (7th Ed.), London,
Scott Foresman, 1986.

Huck, C et. al., Children's Literature in the Elementary
School, (4th Edn) Sydney, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1987.

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Directed Study                                	125
Assessments                                   	40

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No	*F/S	Marks		Due		Description					Wtg(%)		LBL
1 	S 	        	19/04/96	BOOK LOGS ON SCIENCE FICTION            	50.00   	Y
2 	S 	        	07/06/96	DIARY - DEV. OF ISSUE THROU. CHILD BOOKS	50.00   	Y