ERDG 531 - Introduction to the World of Children’s and Adolescent Literature

3 cr.

This course provides an introduction to the exciting and growing field of literature for children and adolescents. Students will study children’s and adolescent literature from its beginnings in eighteenth-century chapter books and fairy tales, through nineteenth-century novels, to contemporary examples of fiction illustrating current trends. The course also includes the study multicultural works of fiction and nonfiction.