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4.00 Credits
Reading writers including Hawthorne, Alcott, Twain, Susan Warner, Thomas Bailey, Aldrich, and Margaret Sidney, this class will consider the role of religion, the classed and gendered nature of writing for children, and the way the family is depicted and disciplined. We'll also take up the question of slavery, women's suffrage, and industrialization in the children's literature of the period. Hager.
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Examines art, literature, history, and critical theory as well as education, psychology, and media studies to consider the multiple ways literature about and for children constructs notions of childhood. Addresses portrayals of race, class, and gender in childrens books that take childhood itself as subject. Includes readings crossing age (from picturebooks to young adult novels) and genre (folklore, poetry, fantasy, and realism). Mercier.
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Investigates the process of writing fiction for children through written assignments and class discussion of both assignments and of published books. Examines different narrative forms and techniques and the elements and development of a story. Includes individual conferences and an opportunity to work on individual projects if desired. Requires a willingness to participate and experiment, but previous creative writing experience is not necessary. Staff.
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Explores the writing of a book through various writing exercises and discussion of student work, and literature in the field. Elements of the picture book, such as illustration,design, format, and specific genres will be examined as they relate to the creation of a solid text. Staff.
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Provides a rare opportunity to examine the entire body of a writers work. Develops critical skills through study of the completed works of three important writers of childrens literature. Requires corollary readings of literary criticism pertaining to each author. A book-by-book exploration of the writers evolution, style, themes, ideology, and ultimately achievement with an eye to the connections between books and to the authors work as a whole. Bloom.
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Studies the vital and diverse genre of childrens nonfiction. Considers the history of the genre while focusing on contemporary nonfiction titles and authors. Discusses varied issues that the field generates, including its intersections with fiction. Substantially considers biographies from picture books through young adult fiction. Bloom.
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Prereq.: CHL 430. Provides MFA students individual mentoring from a childrens book author, editor, or critic to develop a single project from its initial conception to submission in manuscript form to a publishing house. Consult with the program director regarding guidelines and deadlines for submitting mentorship proposal. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq.: CHL 441. Provides MFA students individual mentoring from a childrens book author, editor, or critic to develop a single project from its initial conception to submission in manuscript form to a publishing house. Consult with the program director regarding guidelines and deadlines for submitting mentorship proposal. Staff.
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