ENG48
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Introduction to Children's Literature
Meta-Major
Arts and Languages
Session Cycle
Fall-odd
Credits
3
Allow Pass/No Pass
No
Lecture Hours
54
CalGETC Areas
Area 3B - Humanities
Transfer Status
UC and CSU
C-ID
ENGL 180
Course Description
A study of children's literature from ancient origins to contemporary fiction. It examines the various genres of children's literature from picture books, traditional literature, fantasy, poetry, realistic and historical fiction from such writers as Aesop, Grimm, Lewis, Sandburg, Sendak, White, Woodson, Rowling, Alexi, Alvarez, and Adams through close critical reading and analytical writing consisting of at least 6,000 words.