CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

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This course explores a range of children's literature in English, including traditional tales, picture books, fiction and non-fiction genres and subgenres. We will think critically about what these texts tell us about children's literature as a genre, what literature for young readers reveals about how we understand childhood, and how these books participate in larger movements in history, culture, and art. We will think about the initial and evolving impacts of a few benchmarks in the history of children's literature, and how these canonical texts resonate through children's literature and through culture at large.