Teaching Children's Literature

by Sadler, Glenn Edward

• ISBN13: 9780873523677
• ISBN10: 0873523679
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-06-01
• Publisher: Modern Language Assn of Amer

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Critical Issues and Approaches
Canonical Issues
Canon Formation: A Historical and Psychological Perspective	p. 12
On Teaching the Canon of Children's Literature	p. 22
An American Canon of Children's Literature	p. 32
Native American Narratives and the Children's Literature Curriculum	p. 41
Teaching Banned Children's Books	p. 51
Critical Approaches
Perspectives on Children's Literature: An Overview	p. 59
Approaching the Illustrated Text	p. 72
Shadows in the Classroom: Teaching Children's Literature from a Jungian Perspective	p. 80
Generic Issues
Reading Fairy Tales	p. 89
Fairy Tales and Children's Literature: A Feminist's Perspective	p. 101
High Fantasy, Rites of Passage, and Cultural Values	p. 109
Periodization: The Case of Romanticism
Childhood and Romanticism	p. 121
Little Girls Lost: Rewriting Romantic Childhood, Righting Gender and Genre	p. 131
Course Descriptions
Introduction	p. 144
General Undergraduate Courses
Literature for Children	p. 147
Children's Literature	p. 151
Specific Approaches
Myth, Folktale, and Children's Literature	p. 155
The Tradition of Children's Literature	p. 158
An Introduction to the History of Children's Literature	p. 161
Children's Literature: Great Books	p. 165
Children's Fantasy Literature and the Adult Reader	p. 168
Children's Literature: Picture Books, Poetry, and Fiction	p. 170
Children's Literature: An International Perspective	p. 172
Children's Literature as Social History	p. 175
Children's Literature and Composition	p. 178
Literature for Young Children	p. 181
Children's Literature: Children as Audience	p. 184
Seminars and Workshops
Graduate Seminar in Children's Literature	p. 186
Writing of Children's Fiction	p. 191
Selected Advanced Programs
Program in Literature for Children and Adolescents, Illinois State University	p. 196
Children's Literature Program, Eastern Michigan University	p. 200
The Worlds of Juvenile Literature, University of North Carolina at Charlotte	p. 204
Center for the Study of Children's Literature, Simmons College	p. 207
Two Children's Literature Collections
The UCLA Children's Literature Collection	p. 212
The de Grummond Children's Literature Research Collection	p. 218
Readings and Resources
Selected Bibliography	p. 224
Periodicals and Annuals	p. 235
Special Collections	p. 237
Organizations Sponsoring Children's Literature	p. 240
Afterword: A Conversation with Maurice Sendak and Dr. Seuss	p. 241
Index	p. 251
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