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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ENGL 12 | Title:
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE |
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| Full Title:
Children's Literature |
| Last Reviewed:9/8/2025 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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In this course, students will study the history, development, and range of children's literature, important authors, and themes in children's literature. Students are invited to engage with literature from folklore and oral tradition to contemporary stories, illustrated books, poetry and young adult novels that reflect a variety of cultural influences and points of view.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Eligibility for ENGL C1000 (formerly ENGL 1A), or eligibility for EMLS 10 (formerly ESL 10), or equivalent; or appropriate placement based on AB 705 mandates
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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In this course, students will study the history, development, and range of children's literature, important authors, and themes in children's literature. Students are invited to engage with literature from folklore and oral tradition to contemporary stories, illustrated books, poetry and young adult novels that reflect a variety of cultural influences and points of view.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Eligibility for ENGL C1000 (formerly ENGL 1A), or eligibility for EMLS 10 (formerly ESL 10), or equivalent; or appropriate placement based on AB 705 mandates
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 2025
| Inactive: | |
| Area: | E
L3
| Humanities
Arts and Humanities
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | C2 | Humanities | Fall 2003 | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 3B | Humanities | Fall 2004 | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2003 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2003 | Inactive: | |
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| C-ID: |
| CID Descriptor: ENGL 180 | Children’s Literature | SRJC Equivalent Course(s): ENGL12 |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Critically read, analyze, interpret, and write about significant works of children's literature, engaging with voices from a wide range of cultural and historical traditions.
2. Analyze formal qualities of children's literature relative to texts' artistic, literary, and aesthetic contexts.
3. Situate texts within their respective historical, political, and cultural contexts.
4. Apply a range of critical approaches to children's literature, incorporating perspectives that highlight issues of power and identity in children's literary traditions across the world.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Analyze and critique assigned texts.
2. Recognize and interpret the variety of forms (e.g., novels, graphic novels, short stories, poetry, illustrated books, and film) children's literature takes.
3. Identify and interpret major themes in texts and their connections to their respective historical and cultural contexts.
4. Develop analytical arguments on assigned literature, informed by textual analysis and research, including literary criticism, theoretical frameworks (e.g., psychoanalytic, feminist, and Marxist theory), and socio-historical scholarship.
Topics and Scope
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I. Historical Concepts of the Child and Childhood
II. Development of Literature for Children
A. Early Forms
1. Fables, myths, and epics
2. Folktales and fairy tales
3. Religious tracts
B. Contemporary Forms
1. Fantasy romance and imagination
2. Modern fantasy
3. Historical fiction
4. Adventure tales
5. Animal fantasy
6. School stories
7. Responding to war/trauma
C. Material History of Children's Literature
1. Oral storytelling
2. Digital storytelling
3. Illustrated books
4. Children's theatre and film
5. Censorship of children's literature
6. Commercialization of children's literature
III. Social Issues in Children's Literature
IV. Literary Analysis and Research
V. Schools of Literary Criticism
VI. Writing Literary Analysis Essays
Assignments:
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1. Weekly reading assignments
2. Participation in class discussions
3. Individual or group presentations or projects
4. Low-stakes writing assignments, such as
a. reading response journals
b. summaries
c. personal response papers
5. Short critical response papers (500 - 1,000 words each)
6. Library research assignments, such as
a. an annotated bibliography
b. research sessions with a librarian, etc.
7. Essays including library research with Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation (1,000 - 2,500 words each)
8. Essay exams, objective exams, and/or quizzes
9. Additional assignments as determined by instructor may include: Field trips (ungraded)
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
50 - 65% |
| Low-stakes writing assignments; short critical response papers; library research assignment(s); essays | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
5 - 15% |
| Library research assignment(s) | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
10 - 20% |
| Exams and/or quizzes | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 20% |
| Attendance; participation in class discussion; individual or group presentation or projects | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit: Norton Critical Edition. Harris, Joel Chandler. 2014. (classic).
A Critical Handbook of Children's Literature. 9th ed. Lukens, Rebecca and Smith, Jacquelin and Coffel, Cynthia. Pearson. 2013. (classic).
La Llorona: The Crying Woman. Anaya, Rudolfo. University of New Mexico Press. 2011. (classic).
The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis, C.S. Harper Collins. 2010. (classic).
The Bridge to Terabithia. Paterson, Katherine. Harper Trophy. 2008. (classic).
Asian Children's Favorite Stories: A Treasure of Folktales from China, Japan, Korea, India, The Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Tuttle Publishing. 2006. (classic).
The Planet of Junior Brown. Hamilton, Virginia. Aladdin. 2006. (classic).
The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature. Ed. Zipes, Jack. W. W. Norton & Company. 2005. (classic).
The Tales of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. Frederick Warne & Co. 2002. (classic).
The Water Babies. Kingsley, Charles. Wordsworth Editions. 1999. (classic).
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Rowling, J.K. Scholastic. 1999. (classic).
Little Women. Alcott, Louisa May. Bantam Classics. 1983. (classic).
Green Eggs and Ham. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel). Random House. 1960. (classic).
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Alexie, Sherman. Little, Brown, & Co. 2007. (classic).
Rosa. Giovanni, Nikki. Henry Holt. 2005. (classic).
American Born Chinese. Yang, Gene Luen. First Second. 2006. (classic).
My Heart Is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl. Rinaldi, Ann. Scholastic Press. 1999. (classic).
Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. Hahn, Daniel. Oxford University Press. 2015. (classic).
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