Spring 2024 Prof L Overman's English 428

These schedules are all subject to change. Reading and writing assignments are to be completed by the date assigned. Bring pertinent materials to class (books, homework, etc). Readings must be completed before the date for which they are listed. Always bring listed texts to class. Discussion and Study Questions will be distributed for various sessions; be sure to read with these in mind. Always come prepared to write about, be quizzed on, and/or discuss all assignments. Always have handouts in your notebook--DO NOT THROW ANYTHING AWAY.

BEGINNINGS

Introductions, Syllabus, Semester Plan, Annotating texts, Freewrites

Some basic structures & critical approaches

Some history:  The beginning of an idea and a type of literature

CANVAS: Choose Research Oral Presentation Groups in Start HERE MODULE Pick your top 3 Oral Presentation Choices: due Week 1

Due in class:

• Signups for ORAL PRESENTATIONS research choice submit to Canvas/confirm w/ instructor PRIOR to end of class
• Annotating a Text

Homework:Readings done prior to Class-Review & Bring from CANVAS Additional Required Readings Module

1. Approaches to Childrens Literature (see Handouts)
2. Evaluating Picture Books (see Handouts)
3. A Grown-Up’s Travels Down the Rabbit Hole of ChildLit.pdf (see Handouts)
4. History of Childhood Part 1 (see Outlnes)
5. Chapbook etc illustrations (see Outlines)
6. History of Children Literature 15th to 17th centuries (see Outlnes)
7. Common Patterns and Generic Traits (see Outlines)

Due outside of class:

Homework:Readings done prior to Class-Review & Bring from CANVAS Additional Required Readings Module

1. Read Nodelman on “Common Assumptions about Childhood”/Chapter 5 on illustration/picture books- (see Articles )
2. Nodelman, "How Picture Books Work"(see Articles )
3. Bang Pictures Structural (in Canvas Resources module)
4. Please upload a photograph/symbol of yourself when updating profile in Canvas!

Due outside of class by FRI 1159pm:

• Journal 1

  Submit in Canvas Journals module

  Always bring printed copies of ALL posted responses to class

Due in class:

• Bring-Sendak, Where The Wild Things Are
• Freewrite with pen and paper (not electronically):
• Complete Signups for ORAL PRESENTATIONS research choice submit to Canvas/confirm w/ instructor PRIOR to end of class

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY MANDATORY LIBRARY VISIT

LAB C

Oral Presentations Groups assigned plese sit together - group may meet w/me following library presentation

Homework:Readings done prior to Class-Review & Bring from CANVAS Additional Required Readings Module

1. Children's Illustrated & Picture Books (see Outlines)
2. Subgenre of Children's Literature (see Outlines)

Review from Projects link above:

1. Research Therapy: Takes on Annotated Bibliography
2. What is an Annotated Bibliography

Due outside of class by FRI 1159pm:

• Journal 2

  Submit in Canvas Journals module

  Always bring printed copies of ALL posted responses to class

Due in class:

• Continue from prior class
• Groups will Complete research & submit 3-5 sources as annotated bibliography in Canvas Group work Discussion module librarian & instructor will review prior to end of class

The Fairy Tale Beginnings

Begin Fairy Tales: Introductions, some history, and structures

Viewing fairy tales through psychoanalytical and archetypal lenses

Homework:Readings done prior to Class-

1. Bring Opie, The Classic Fairytales, Introduction (13-34)
2. Opie, The Classic Fairtales- (read brief intro for each story also)
"Hansel and Gretel" (308)
"Jack and the Beanstalk" (211)
"Little Red Ridinghood" (119)
"Cinderella" (152)

From CANVAS Additional Required Readings Module

3. Fairytale Structural Elements (see Outines)
4. Traditional Fairytales (see Outlines)
5. SummaryProppsfindings (see Outlines)
6. Bettelheim articles (see Articles)
   The Uses of Enchantment
   The Child's Need for Magic
7. Charles Perrault: the modern fairytale's fairy godfather (see Articles)
8. Vogler, Stages of Hero's Journey based on Joseph Campbell's work (see Articles )

Due outside of class by FRI 11:59 p.m:

• Journal 3

  Submit in Canvas Journals module

  Always bring printed copies of ALL posted responses to class

   

More Fairy Tales

Viewing fairy tales through historical and feminist lenses

Oral Presentation Group 1:

Popular Culture: Disney and Fairy Tales

Homework:Readings done prior to Class

1. Opie, The Classic Fairtales- (read brief intro for each story also
   "Sleeping Beauty " (102)
   "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (227)
   "Beauty and the Beast" (179)
From CANVAS Additional Required Readings Module
2. Robert Damton's "The Meaning of Mother Goose" (see Articles)
3. Marcia K. Lieberman's "Someday My Prince Will Come" (see Articles)
4. Feminist Theory (see Handouts)

Due outside of class by FRI 11:59 p.m.

• Journal 4--in Canvas

  Post in Discussion

  Always bring printed copies of ALL posted responses to class

Due PRIOR to class:

• Post in Canvas Oral Presentation- Popular Culture: Disney and Fairy Tales - Alina Portillo,Erin Martinez, Jessica Martin, Lesley Macias,Eunice Kim, Joey Frederikson

Due in class:
• Presentation Response & Discussion

History of Childhood:  Beginnings

Focus on late 18th/early 19th century: 

Locke and Rousseau and the birth of the Romantic Child and the idealization of childhood.

Romanticism v the Didactic Tradition: the Fairy Tale Wars

Homework:Readings done prior to Class

From CANVAS Additional Required Readings Module

1. Maria Edgeworth
2. (see Literature pieces)
   the "Preface" from The Parents’ Assistant [1798, 1801]
   “The Purple Jar”
   “The Orphans”
3. 18th and early 19th Century and Romantics (see Outlines)
4. Fairy Tale Wars (see Handouts)
5. Wordsworth poems (see Handouts)

William Wordworth

Due outside of class by FRI 1159PM :

• Journal 5

  Submit in Canvas

  Always bring printed copies of ALL posted responses to class