Critical essay

1 - Written assignment (including essay) - 40

Book proposal

2 - Project output (other than dissertation) - 60

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This module offers the opportunity to read and analyse specific works of children or young adult literature alongside an introduction to aspects of the modern children’s publishing industry. Content may include, but is not limited to, 
<ul><li>The historical and cultural contexts shaping the creation and consumption of writing for children; </li></ul>
<ul><li>The key requirements and conventions of different genres of children or young adult writing, including segments by theme and age-group </li></ul>
<ul><li>Key critical debates, for example: defining ‘children’ or ‘young adult’, the question of (in)appropriate content, the representation of minoritized or marginalized voices, the ‘value’ of children’s versus adult fiction </li></ul>
<ul><li>The relative contribution of authors, illustrators, literary agents, publishers, readers, and gatekeepers to the production of children’s literature </li></ul>
<ul><li>The audience demand for, and business potential of, children’s and young adult literature  </li></ul>
<ul><li>How to develop and propose a new work of children’s or young adult fiction </li></ul>

Feedback is provided in a number of ways throughout your module. This includes feedback you receive during teaching from both peers and lecturers and that provided for formative assessment. Following an assessment, you will be given your marks and feedback in line with the assessment regulations and policy. More information on the timing and type of feedback that will be provided for each assessment will be available from the module leader. <a href='https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations'>https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations</a>

This module will support the development of all the graduate attributes. Your module leader will provide you with information about how your learning, teaching and assessment activities support your development of these attributes. The graduate attributes are: - Always learning - Engaged in the world - Technical and digital - Connected Professional - Creating Impact

In-Person - 

Self-directed - 

Representing the rainbow in young adult literature: LGBTQ+ content since 1969. 

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

Young adult literature: transmedia transformations. 

A companion to children's literature.

hildren's literature: from the fin de siècle to the new millennium. 

1900-1960. Oxford: Oxford University Press 

Reading & rebellion: an anthology of radical writing for children

Children's literature: Approaches and territories.

The Routledge companion to international children's literature.

The Oxford companion to children's literature.

Children's Picture-books: the art of visual storytelling.

The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games. 

1965-2015. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 

Children's publishing and black Britain

Translating children's literature. 

EN2019 - Children’s and Young Adult Literature

EN2019-PRD2-PER-ALV1

This module will be delivered through a range of teaching and learning activities, including lectures, seminars and guided independent study. Lectures will introduce you to relevant literary, historical and cultural contexts and concepts. Seminars will provide opportunities for applying and articulating your knowledge. Your learning will be supported by study materials on the Virtual Learning Environment.

Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Distinguish between different forms and genres of children’s or young adult literature 

Skills

Critically analyse specific works of children’s or young adult fiction 

Use up-to-date analysis and interpretation of the children’s publishing market to propose a new work of children’s or young adult fiction 

Knowledge

Demonstrate self-motivation, commitment and initiative 

Values and attitudes

Explore the chief sectors, audience types and trends in modern children’s publishing

Demonstrate skills in creative project design and literary creativity 

Appraise and question the extent of diversity and equality in children’s publishing 

Analyse and interpret the key conventions and characteristics of successful children’s or young adult writing 

Employ curiosity and an enquiring attitude to explore the applications of your learning in professional contexts. 

 