English Children's Literature: Children's Literature(Week 1) 上課筆記

1. syllabus
(1) class time : 08:20-10:00
(2) textbook:

(3) Quiz are all in syllabus
(4) Orientation is fresher's week and is the begin of the semester.

(5)literature(poetry , drama , fiction)

(6)picture book

(topic : companionship , leadership , friendship)

A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor, and pencil, among others.For example , The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.

a. The Tale of Peter Rabbit

b.The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

(7)What is Children's literature ?

a. Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, and poems that are enjoyed by children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's literature as "all books written for children, excluding works such as comic books, joke books, cartoon books, and non-fiction works that are not intended to be read from front to back, such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference materials".

For example , A mother reads to her children, depicted by Jessie Wilcox Smith in a cover illustration of a volume of fairy tales written in the mid to late 19th century.

→ Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages by Harold Bloom(Sep 24, 2002)

(Look Inside, introduction, p. 15-21)
→ A Critical Handbook of Children's Literature (7th Edition) 7th edition by Lukens, Rebecca J. published by Allyn & Bacon Paperback

(8)Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica is a collection of fable scredited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with Aesop's name have descended to modern times through a number of sources.

(9)The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde

(10)12/25前繳交筆記 (莎莎不落閣)

(11)Mother Goose (fairy tales , nursery rhymes )

(12)Bildungsroman

In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman, novel of formation, novel of education, or coming-of-age story is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age), and in which, therefore, character change is extremely important.

(13)Christmas Carol (連結)

(14)Peter Pan

Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A mischievous boy who can fly and never ages, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang, the Lost Boys, interacting with mermaids, Indians,fairies, pirates, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside of Neverland.

(15)Definition
a. What is that ?
b. What is that for ?
c. What should we care ?
d. Give an example .

(16)Arabian Nights