Introduction to Children's Literature

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In this course, students will read and discuss works in the history of literature written for child readers. It will introduce historical conceptions of childhood and child development, the origins of children's literature in devotional literature, didactic plays, and genre fiction, and the use of allegory for instruction and delight. Students will write papers that use formal, historical, and theoretical approaches to analyze these works. Students who have completed or plan to take ENG 2791 may not take this course.