Directed Independent Adult Learning STUDY GUIDE INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN’S LITERATURE LIT-221-GS Compiled by Sylvia Baer Material adapted and reproduced from Instructor’s Resource Manual to Accompany "Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children’s Literature‚" 4th through 7th eds.‚ by Donna E. Norton and Saundra E. Norton (Upper Saddle River‚ N.J.: Merrill/Prentice Hall‚ 1995‚ 1999‚ 2003‚ 2007). Used with permission. ii © 2007 by Thomas Edison State College iii Contents
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Realism & Naturalism in the American literature I. The Realistic period: (1865-1900). During this period modern America was born and the American dream has been intellectually lost. After the civil War a strong critical movement toward realism appeared. Realism has been defined by one of its most vigorous advocates‚ W.D.Howells‚ as “the truthful treatment of materials” (i.e. realism= verisimilitude “the appearance of being true or real”). * What is realism: Realistic fiction is often
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Literature Review According to Lea J. in “What is to be done about Law and Order” she suggest that the nature of crime is found with the principles of an individual and by extension the community and the nation. Three literary works that examines the effect of crime on society are; T.R Miller‚ M.A Cohen and B. Wiersma in “Victim Cost and Consequences”‚ “Community Crime Preventions” by S. Archamnhault‚ B. Cartier and S. Rizkalla‚ and the lectures of Dr. Christiaan Bezudenhaut. These literary
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starting to look up he was hit by lightning. Knowing that this book was largely based on the way you behaved‚ and the way you wanted to behave‚ in high school means a lot to teenagers like me. All new forms of entertainment‚ whether it be modern literature‚ music‚ film or television‚ seems to be aimed towards the teenagers lacking confidence‚ with low self esteem‚ scared to reach their goals. This is a novel for the students who watch the Neanderthals of high school and just think ’Gross‚ teenagers
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in each story show the changes in the culture‚ religion‚ or the way people thought. The purpose of the sequential order of the stories is to show how man has changed his ways‚ how he has failed and how he has redeemed himself. The first piece of literature to be analyzed is Beowulf‚ which was written in approximately the late 800’s A.D. Now‚ the author of Beowulf who is unknown to this day‚ "was believed to be a Christian. Beowulf reflects well-established Christian traditions" (Abrams 29). And there
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Importance of subaltern literature- a teleological approach Dear and Rev. Father Principal‚ respected staff‚ my beloved students‚ friends‚ ladies and gentlemen. I feel a bit circumscribed in to stand before you to deliver this keynote address. I feel so‚ because I am not a literature student‚ nor am I in any way connected to literary world except as a lay person who loves literature and its richness in bringing out human emotions‚ values‚ and worldviews. But at the same time‚ I am honored to be
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Throughout Brazilian literature‚ many writers took their time to incorporate some of the nation’s historic events into their novels in the hopes of making them known to the people whom were never taught on the subject keeping the historical event alive. Roberto F. Drummond‚ a journalist/author from Minas Gerais‚ Brazil‚ decided to do the exact same thing by using history as a backbone to all his literary creations. Drummond focused on historical events that not only affected the nation‚ but the world
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Childhood Lit Red answers are incorrect 1. Myths are traditional literature that answer questions about natural phenomena as acts of deities 2. The STW (see‚ think‚ wonder) strategy helps children develop visual literacy 3. Which subcategory of fairy tales most frequently uses animals as characters? Trickster tales 4. Which category of traditional literature is also considered poetry? Ballads 5. Which book was the FIRST significant fantasy novel ever published? Black Beauty 6. Tall tales originated
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A comparision of the “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” and Gullivers Travels Gulliver sails across the wide expanse of an ocean on a voyage‚ just as Icarus‚ son of Daedalus did on a pair of wax welded wings. Both met their disasters on the waters of their journeys. Gulliver was ignorant and naïve and Icarus proud and arrogant. Both expressed having weakness as only human nature can have. Bruegel’s painting‚ ‘Landscape with the Fall of Icarus”‚ portrays this artist’s opinion of the Greek legend
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Study of Literature in Elementary School Literature is yields of writing and spoken substance. Generally‚ literature tells anything from creative writing to be literally work like as poetry‚ drama‚ fiction and nonfiction which have an aim to work of the creativity of the imaginations (Lombardi‚ n.d). Too few of children in elementary school who learnig about literature because the schools are more focusing them on the main lesson such as mathematics‚ science of language‚ social‚ biology and
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