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2022-2023 Westminster College Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Westminster College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENG 102 - Children’s Literature

Semester Hours: 4

The course is a survey of classic and contemporary children’s works from fairy tales to The Hunger Games. Students will analyze a variety of different children’s forms such as fables, poems, fairy tales, picture books, films, and novels with themes such as individuality, friendship, good versus evil, survival, bravery, death, acceptance, and the demands of society. Critical approaches such as historical, psychological, feminist, and Marxist theories may be discussed and applied to texts. The course will include an emphasis on cultural, racial, and social diversity.

Intellectual Perspective: HC