LIT124 Children's Literature: The Oral Tradition (8)

Drawing on a broad range of examples, and encouraging students to observe and engage in storytelling with children, LIT124 focuses on narrative in the oral tradition - fables, myths and legends, nursery rhymes, poetry, fairy tales, games, drama - and on what happens when such narratives are written down, visualised and adapted to the digital space. Issues addressed include literary and cultural contexts, age-appropriateness and evolving concepts of the child and of a literature specifically for children. 

Subject Outlines
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Availability

Session 1 (30)
On Campus
Albury-Wodonga Campus
Bathurst Campus
Port Macquarie Campus
Wagga Wagga Campus
Online
Wagga Wagga Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: LIT124. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Assumed Knowledge

Although not a prerequisite, some experience in observing children will be an advantage.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to discuss relationships between the oral and literary traditions in narrative for young people
  • be able to compare the oral tradition in their own culture with storytelling in at least one other culture
  • be able to read or tell a story to children and report on their responses
  • be able to discuss some of the significant scholarship in the oral tradition
  • be able to speak and write about the oral tradition in accessible and logical English
  • be able to demonstrate familiarity with the development of language in the child

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:
  • the language of early childhood
  • games, nursery rhymes and poetry
  • myths and legends
  • folktale and fairy tales
  • performance by and for children
  • Indigenous Australian storytelling and publishing
  • storytelling in a multicultural society
  • the oral tradition in the digital age

Contact

Current Students

For any enquiries about subject selection or course structure please contact Student Central or ask@csu.edu.au or phone on 1800 275 278.

Prospective Students

For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 275 278 (free call within Australia) or enquire online.

The information contained in the 2018 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: August 2018. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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