80603 ART AND ILLUSTRATION IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
98	80603 	S1  	X 	ART ILLUST CHILD LITERAT'E	1.00

Contents

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

STAFFING:

RATIONALE:

A  knowledge of the role of art and illustration in both a  historical
and contemporary context, provides a framework in which to examine the
media  and  techniques used by illustrators of children's books.  Such
knowledge  and examination provides for a more critical  and  informed
approach to the selection and prediction of children's literature.

SYNOPSIS:

The  historical  development  and role  of  art  and  illustration  in
children's  literature  will  be studied  along  with  the  media  and
techniques  used  by  illustrators. A study of  the  book  design  and
publication process will provide a further context in which to examine
historical development, role, media and techniques of illustration.

OBJECTIVES:

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

1. knowledge of the media and techniques used by illustrators of
   children's literature;
   
2. an understanding of the book design, production and publishing
   process;
   
3. an understanding of the role of illustration as text;
   
4. an ability to analyse illustration in terms of its historical
   and sociocultural origins;
   
5. the ability to explain how the ideologies perceived in the
   illustrative text are conveyed via media, design and
   technique.
   

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

The   changing   role  of  illustration   in   children's             25.00
literature: Illustration as text

The book design and publishing process                                25.00

Media and techniques used by illustrators                             25.00

Critically reading illustrative text                                  25.00

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

Pictures on the Page, Judith Graham ARA Melbourne 1990.

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Directed Study                                	125
Assessments                                   	40

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL WWW
1   S    50.00     09/04/98  ESSAY                                     50.00     Y
2   S    50.00     05/06/98  ESSAY                                     50.00     Y