Children'S Literature

How Children's Books Made Our Childhoods Magical

What you'll learn

Understand changing thinking in writing for children

Refine critical reading skills

Improve language skills

Open up your imagination

Learn about how history impacted children's literature

Identify how children's literature both impacted and was impacted by social change

Find out about the lives and times of several well known children's writers

You will be invited to join the monthly Zoom Book Club exclusively for my literature students

Requirements

You should be fluent in English

Description

Do you want to walk through a wardrobe or jump down a rabbit hole? Maybe you loved to read as a child and now as an adult you would like to find out a bit more and look more critically at the texts and authors that fired your young imagination. In doing so you will refine your critical reading skills, increase your language skills and learn about the progression of thinking in writing for children and how it is related to changing attitudes in society, as well as impacting social attitudes.My name is Eve Williams and I hold a degree in English Literature and a Master's in Old English Literature from the Russell Group Queen's University of Belfast as well as lecturing in Belfast's C.S. Lewis Festival. Following the success of my English Literarure and World Literature courses, students asked for a specific course on Children's Literature and I was thrilled to rediscover the magic ofNursery rhymesFairytalesAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameBeatrix PotterThe Anne Books by L.M. MontgomeryThe Little Women Books by Louisa May AlcottEnid BlytonThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisGoodnight Mister Tom by Michelle MagorianRoald DahlThe Harry Potter Books The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark HaddonThe course also comes with an inviation to the monthly Zoom Book Club where you can talk about literature with your fellow students.If you would like to join me on this magical journey, you can do so risk free due to Udemy's 30 day money back guarantee. I'm looking forward to joining you!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Nursery Rhymes

Lecture 2 Reading: Do you remember these?

Lecture 3 Nursery Rhymes and Real History

Lecture 4 Resources

Section 3: Fairytales: They Weren't Always Meant for Children

Lecture 5 Introduction to Fairytales and Folk Tales

Lecture 6 Grimm Brothers

Lecture 7 Hans Christian Anderson

Lecture 8 The Disney Effect

Lecture 9 Reading: The Little Mermaid

Lecture 10 Resources

Section 4: Lewis Caroll: Alice in Wonderland

Lecture 11 Children's Literature in the Victorian Era

Lecture 12 Lewis Carroll

Lecture 13 Alice's Story

Lecture 14 Reading from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lecture 15 Resources

Section 5: Frances Hodgeson Burnett: The Secret Garden

Lecture 16 Frances Hodgson Burnett

Lecture 17 Uncomfortable Issues

Lecture 18 Reading from The Secret Garden

Lecture 19 Resources

Section 6: Kenneth Grahame: The Wind in the Willows

Lecture 20 Reading from The Wind in the Willows

Lecture 21 Who Was Kenneth Grahame?

Lecture 22 Anthropomorphism in Children's Literature

Lecture 23 Resources

Section 7: Beatrix Potter

Lecture 24 My Little Friend, Peter

Lecture 25 Reading from Peter Rabbit

Lecture 26 Who was Beatrix Potter?

Lecture 27 Illustrations

Lecture 28 Resources

Section 8: L.M. Montgomery: The Anne Books

Lecture 29 Reading from Anne of Green Gables

Lecture 30 A Cosy Story, a Sad Reality

Lecture 31 Why We Still Love Anne

Lecture 32 Resources

Section 9: Louisa May Alcott: Little Women

Lecture 33 Reading from Little Women

Lecture 34 Alcott, American Transcendentalism and Women's Writing

Lecture 35 Is Jo March really Louisa May Alcott?

Lecture 36 Why Little Women Is Still Read Today

Lecture 37 Resources

Section 10: Enid Blyton

Lecture 38 Who was Enid Blyton?

Lecture 39 Noddy

Lecture 40 The Famous Five

Lecture 41 Resources

Section 11: J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit

Lecture 42 Tollers and Jack: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis

Lecture 43 Writing for Tolkien's Own Children

Lecture 44 Myth, Language and The Hobbit

Lecture 45 Peter Jackson and the Revival of the Hobbit

Lecture 46 Reading from The Hobbit

Lecture 47 Resources

Section 12: C.S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia

Lecture 48 Reading from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Lecture 49 C.S. Lewis: The Unlikely Children's Author

Lecture 50 Influence

Lecture 51 Resources

Section 13: Michelle Magorian: Goodnight Mister Tom

Lecture 52 Child Evacuees in World War II England and Literature

Lecture 53 Goodnight Mister Tom

Lecture 54 Reading from Goodnight Mr Tom

Lecture 55 Resources

Section 14: Roald Dahl

Lecture 56 The Great Adventure of Roald Dahl

Lecture 57 Reading: Revolting Rhymes

Lecture 58 Reading: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Lecture 59 Reading: Matilda

Lecture 60 Resources

Section 15: J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter

Lecture 61 Reading from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Lecture 62 Joanne Rowling: Lone Parent to Superstar Authro to Persona Non Grata

Lecture 63 The Roots of Harry Potter

Lecture 64 Why are we wild about Harry?

Lecture 65 Resources

Section 16: Mark Haddon: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

Lecture 66 Who is Mark Haddon and Is This Really a Children's Book?

Lecture 67 Mark Haddon and Frances Hodgeson Burnett: Portrayals of Disability

Lecture 68 Resources

Section 17: Conclusion

Lecture 69 Conclusion

Lecture 70 Resources

People who loved to read as a child,Literature students who want to understand the progression of literature for children,Those with an interest in the changing ideas of society,Anybody who wants to walk through a wardrobe or jump down a rabbit hole