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Children's Classics teaches the genre-specific nature of children's literature, its socio-historical contexts, and the significance of its re-readings as film. It introduces a selection of enduring children's texts, illustrating the importance to literary production of changing cultural context, demonstrating the importance of intertextuality in children's literature and how texts change when filmed, and promotes the skills of reading and writing.
Building on the introduction to children’s literature offered in ENGL115, this 200-level course introduces the genre of film as a key medium for the representation of children’s literature. We will take a number of children’s ‘classics’ as well as two texts specially written for films and look at how they have been interpreted as entertainment objects for children. The course will focus on both written and visual material.This course can be used towards an English major or minor. BA students who major in English would normally take at least two 100-level 15 point ENGL courses (which must include at least one of the following: ENGL117, ENGL102 or ENGL103), at least three 200-level 15 point ENGL courses, and at least two 300-level 30 point ENGL courses. Please see the BA regulations or a student advisor for more information.
In this course you will learn:to introduce and justify a selection of the most enduring texts for children;to illustrate the importance to literary production of changing cultural context;to demonstrate the importance of inter-textuality in children’s literature;to further demonstrate how texts can be translated and transformed by their interpretation on film;to promote the skills of critical reading and writing. By the end of this course, students will be expected to have learned the following:how to assess the worth of the ‘canon’ as it may apply to children’s literature;how to read children’s literature in context-specific ways;basic cinematic qualities and techniques as they may apply to viewing films for children;that the intended audience for children’s films is one which constantly negotiates between child and adult viewer.
Either 15 points of ENGL at 100-level with a B pass, or30 points of ENGL at 100-level, orany 45 points from the Arts Schedule
Anna Smith
Set written and filmic texts: • 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', dir. David Hand• Snow White (Course Reader)• Aladdin (Course Reader)• ‘Aladdin,’ dir. Clement & Musker• The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Graham• ‘The Wind in the Willows,’ dir. Mark Hall et als.• ‘Toy Story’ (1) dir. John Lasseter• Set reading to accompany: Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi• Coraline, Neil Gaiman• ‘Coraline,’ dir. Henry Selick • The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins• ‘The Hunger Games,’ dir. Gary RossCourse Reader: The Course Reader is available for download on Learn.(Image: "Snow White's Evil Stepmother" by mon-mothma, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.)
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Domestic fee $732.00
International fee $2,975.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.
For further information see Humanities .