In this subject, students study current theories of literature, with a focus on genres relating to children’s literature as a form of social practice. Topics covered include critical analysis, traditional story forms, modernist and postmodern picture books, emerging formats, fantasy and realistic fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Categories: Education
Tags: Authors, book, childrens books, david beagley, Genres, La Trobe, Literature, publishing, university, writing
From Pride and Prejudice to Twilight, Looking for Alibrandi to The Hunger Games, students in this subject will analyse factors affecting the emergence and development of fiction for young adults as a distinctive literature category over the last twenty years. Students will also focus on recent trends in this field, including the development of a range of critical perspectives for interpreting themes, issues and responses to this literature by adults and adolescents.
Categories: Education
Tags: book, david beagley, hunger games, La Trobe, Literature, Reading, Twilight, university, writing, young adult, young adults
In this subject, students investigate the development of literature for children from the traditional literatures of myth and legend, folk and fairy tales, through early publishing, to the emergence of genres of adventure, fantasy and realism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Categories: Education
Tags: Authors, book, childrens books, david beagley, edu2hcl, History, La Trobe, Literature, publishing, university, writing