Prerequisites: English and American Literature, and Culture Studies at the BA level + Literary criticism at the MA level.
Assessment: Active participation in classes and discussions - 20% (max. 2 missed lessons), oral exam - 80%.
19/2 Introduction
26/2 Roald Dahl - Revolting Rhymes
5/3 Mark Twain - Adam´s Diary
12/3 Roald Dahl - Witches
19/3 J. R. R. Tolkien - The Hobbit
26/3 Lesson cancelled
2/4 NO LESSON
9/4 Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland, Neil Gaiman - Coraline
16/4 NO LESSON
23/4 Marissa Meyer - Cinder
30/4 J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter
7/5 Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book
14/5 EXAM
SECONDARY LITERATURE:
Coats, Karen. 2018. The Bloomsbury Introduction to Children’s and Young Adult Literature. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Bennett, Andrew and Nicholas Royle. 2016. An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory. New York: Routledge.
Doughty, Amie A. 2016. Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Culture: A Mosaic of Criticism. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
