Academic Calendar 2020/2021 - Children’s Literature After 1914
ENGL 2447 Children’s Literature After 1914
Prerequisites:
Three credits of 1000 level English (excluding ENGL 1551 and ENGL 1552).Antirequisites:
ENGL 2445Hours:
Three hours of lecture per week for one term.Credits:
3Description:
The course traces the chronological development of literature in English read by children from the nostalgic farewell to the “Golden Age” represented by A.A. Milne, to the rise of “high fantasy” by authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling, as well as poetry and picture books by authors and illustrators in the wider English-speaking world.