School: Arts and Humanities
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
Children, Fiction and Hypermedia
Unit Code
ENG3467
Year
2016
Enrolment Period
1
Version
1
Credit Points
15
Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
Description
Fiction and hypermedia written for children today cover topics which society would not have dreamed of giving to children in the past. This unit focuses on the ways in which those topics have been represented in some of the major sub-genres of recent childrens literature. The unit is concerned with recent changes regarding the notion of literature, and discusses developments in approaches to language, culture, the writer, and the reader.
Non Standard Timetable Requirements
Online.
Equivalent Rule
Unit was previously coded ENG2257, ENG3157, ENG3357, ENG4467
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Analyse the major thematic concerns of selected recent children's books.
- Compare the developments in children's literature, especially hypermedia, to recent changes in approaches to language, narrative and literature.
- Discuss developments in approaches to language, culture, the writer, and the reader in recent childrens literature.
- Discuss the major psychological and social issues represented in a cross-section of modern children's literature.
- Identify a number of genres, modes and conventions of literary texts about and for children.
Unit Content
- A critical study of works belonging to the sub-genres of the realistic Problem novel, the Picture Book, and the Post-Modern or manifold childrens narrative.
- A survey of the developments in notions of childhood from the late twentieth century.
- An appraisal of modern concepts of narrative, including the use of realism, history, intertextuality, intermodality, hypermedia, interactivity and language.
- An exploration of the historical, cultural and psychological issues raised by the selected works.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Online.
Assessment
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
ONLINEType | Description | Value |
---|
Assignment | Essay on some aspect of modern children's literature or short story/hypermedia creative response | 40% |
Exercise | Leading Discussion Board | 20% |
Examination | Examination | 40% |
Text References
- ^ Myers, W.D. (2001). 145th street stories.
- ^ Jones, E.P. (2006). All Aunt Hagar's children. Digital Book: Harper Collins.
- ^ Dahl, R. (1964). Charlie and the chocolate factory.
- ^ Colfer, E. (2008). The time paradox.
- ^ Cannon, J. (1993). Stellaluna.
- ^ Adler, C.S. (1999). Winning.
- ^ Naylor, P.R. (2000). Jade Green: A ghost story.
- ^ Schwarz, D.J. (2008). Superpowers.
- ^ Radin, R.Y. (2000). Escape to the forest: Based on a true story of the Holocaust.
- ^ Petersen, P.J. (2000). I hate weddings.
- ^ Peters, J.A. (2000). Define "normal".
- ^ Paterson, K. (1978). Bridge to Terabithia.
- ^ Paolini, C. (2005). Eldest.
- ^ Zindel, P. (1968). The pigman.
- Natov, R. (2003). The poetics of childhood. New York: Routledge.
- Lucas, A.L. (Ed.). (2003). The presence of the past in children's literature. Westport: Greenwood.
- Cullinam, B.E. & Person, D.G. (Eds.). (2003). The continuum encyclopedia of children's literature. New York: Continuum.
- Chapleau, S. (2004). New voices in children's literature criticism. Lichfield: Pied Piper.
- Briggs, J., & Grendy, M.O. (Eds.). (2008). Popular children's literature in Britain. Aldershot: Ashgate.
- Avery, G., & Reynolds, K. (Eds.). (2000). Representations of childhood death. London: Macmillan.
- Nodelman, P., & Reimer, M. (2003). The pleasures of children's literature. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
- Pena de Carrillo, I. (2008). Adaptive and assisted educational hypermedia. Saarbrucken: VDM Verlag Dr Muller.
- Pullinger, K. (2008). Digital fiction: From the page to the screen. Berlin and Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.
- Thacker, D.C., & Webb, J. (2002). Introducing children's literature: From romanticism to postmodernism. London: Routledge.
- Thompson, M.S., & Coghlan, V. (Eds.). (2007). Divided worlds: Studies in children's literature. Dublin: Four Courts Press.
- Reynolds, K. (2004). Modern children's literature: An introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan.
- Lahey, G. (Ed.). (2006). The translation of children's literature: A reader. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
- Zipes, J. (Ed.). (2005). The Norton anthology of children's literature: The traditions in English.
Journal References
- The Lion and the Unicorn.
- VOYA.
- Teaching Children's Literature: Issues, Pedagogy, Resources.
- Signal.
- Orana.
- Horn Book Magazine.
- Mangen, A. (2008, December). Storybooks on paper better for children than reading fiction on computer screen. Science Daily.
- Mott, M.S., Etsler, C., & Drumgold, D. (2003). Applying an analytic writing rubric to children's hypermedia "narratives". Early Childhood Research & Practice. 5
- Children's Literature Association Quarterly.
- Children's Literature in Education.
- Children's Literature: An International Journal.
- E-Learning.
Website References
^ Mandatory reference
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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School: Arts and Humanities
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
Children, Fiction and Hypermedia
Unit Code
ENG3467
Year
2016
Enrolment Period
2
Version
1
Credit Points
15
Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
Description
Fiction and hypermedia written for children today cover topics which society would not have dreamed of giving to children in the past. This unit focuses on the ways in which those topics have been represented in some of the major sub-genres of recent childrens literature. The unit is concerned with recent changes regarding the notion of literature, and discusses developments in approaches to language, culture, the writer, and the reader.
Non Standard Timetable Requirements
Online.
Equivalent Rule
Unit was previously coded ENG2257, ENG3157, ENG3357, ENG4467
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Analyse the major thematic concerns of selected recent children's books.
- Compare the developments in children's literature, especially hypermedia, to recent changes in approaches to language, narrative and literature.
- Discuss developments in approaches to language, culture, the writer, and the reader in recent childrens literature.
- Discuss the major psychological and social issues represented in a cross-section of modern children's literature.
- Identify a number of genres, modes and conventions of literary texts about and for children.
Unit Content
- A critical study of works belonging to the sub-genres of the realistic Problem novel, the Picture Book, and the Post-Modern or manifold childrens narrative.
- A survey of the developments in notions of childhood from the late twentieth century.
- An appraisal of modern concepts of narrative, including the use of realism, history, intertextuality, intermodality, hypermedia, interactivity and language.
- An exploration of the historical, cultural and psychological issues raised by the selected works.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Online.
Assessment
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
ONLINEType | Description | Value |
---|
Assignment | Essay on some aspect of modern children's literature or short story/hypermedia creative response | 40% |
Exercise | Leading Discussion Board | 20% |
Examination | Examination | 40% |
Text References
- ^ Naylor, P.R. (2000). Jade Green: A ghost story.
- ^ Myers, W.D. (2001). 145th street stories.
- ^ Jones, E.P. (2006). All Aunt Hagar's children. Digital Book: Harper Collins.
- ^ Dahl, R. (1964). Charlie and the chocolate factory.
- ^ Colfer, E. (2008). The time paradox.
- ^ Cannon, J. (1993). Stellaluna.
- ^ Paolini, C. (2005). Eldest.
- ^ Zindel, P. (1968). The pigman.
- ^ Schwarz, D.J. (2008). Superpowers.
- ^ Radin, R.Y. (2000). Escape to the forest: Based on a true story of the Holocaust.
- ^ Petersen, P.J. (2000). I hate weddings.
- ^ Peters, J.A. (2000). Define "normal".
- ^ Paterson, K. (1978). Bridge to Terabithia.
- ^ Adler, C.S. (1999). Winning.
- Natov, R. (2003). The poetics of childhood. New York: Routledge.
- Lucas, A.L. (Ed.). (2003). The presence of the past in children's literature. Westport: Greenwood.
- Lahey, G. (Ed.). (2006). The translation of children's literature: A reader. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
- Cullinam, B.E. & Person, D.G. (Eds.). (2003). The continuum encyclopedia of children's literature. New York: Continuum.
- Chapleau, S. (2004). New voices in children's literature criticism. Lichfield: Pied Piper.
- Briggs, J., & Grendy, M.O. (Eds.). (2008). Popular children's literature in Britain. Aldershot: Ashgate.
- Avery, G., & Reynolds, K. (Eds.). (2000). Representations of childhood death. London: Macmillan.
- Nodelman, P., & Reimer, M. (2003). The pleasures of children's literature. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
- Pena de Carrillo, I. (2008). Adaptive and assisted educational hypermedia. Saarbrucken: VDM Verlag Dr Muller.
- Pullinger, K. (2008). Digital fiction: From the page to the screen. Berlin and Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.
- Thacker, D.C., & Webb, J. (2002). Introducing children's literature: From romanticism to postmodernism. London: Routledge.
- Reynolds, K. (2004). Modern children's literature: An introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan.
- Zipes, J. (Ed.). (2005). The Norton anthology of children's literature: The traditions in English.
- Thompson, M.S., & Coghlan, V. (Eds.). (2007). Divided worlds: Studies in children's literature. Dublin: Four Courts Press.
Journal References
- The Lion and the Unicorn.
- VOYA.
- Teaching Children's Literature: Issues, Pedagogy, Resources.
- Signal.
- Orana.
- Horn Book Magazine.
- Mangen, A. (2008, December). Storybooks on paper better for children than reading fiction on computer screen. Science Daily.
- Mott, M.S., Etsler, C., & Drumgold, D. (2003). Applying an analytic writing rubric to children's hypermedia "narratives". Early Childhood Research & Practice. 5
- Children's Literature Association Quarterly.
- Children's Literature in Education.
- Children's Literature: An International Journal.
- E-Learning.
Website References
^ Mandatory reference
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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