Literary Studies : Literature for 0-18

Institution: 
University of Canberra
Coordinator: 
Eaton, Dr Tony
Code: 
8141/8751
Year: 
2012
Levels: 
Undergraduate

In this unit students will be able to read and respond to literature in many forms, including picture books, poetry, novels and hypertext, written for young people between the ages of 0 18 years of age. Students will read selections from critical and theoretical debates within the field of young peoples literature and literary studies.

This unit is co-taught with unit 8751 Literary Studies: Literature for 0-18 G.

Non-Austlit Texts: 

Cormier, Robert. After the First Death. New York: Pantheon Books, 1979

Gaiman, Neil. Graveyard Book. London: Bloomsbury, 2008

Organisational Body: 
Faculty of Arts and Design
Degrees: 
Additional Information
Offered History: 
2011, 2009
Supplementary Texts: 

Strange Objects, 1990 - Crew, Gary

Riding the Black Cockatoo 2009 - Danalis, John

A Rose for the Anzac Boys, 2008 - French, Jackie

Sleeping Dogs, 1995 - Hartnett, Sonya

Exposure, 2008 - Peet, Mal