Honours Specialization - 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 2445

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

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.