Syllabus
Course contents: Discussion about the essence of children's and youth literature. Specific features of children's and youth literature.
Psychology of a young reader of a specific age group. Folk literature in children's literature and reading.
Fairytale - changes in genre, collectors and authors. The system of genres in children's and youth literature in relation to the age of readers, specific features of individual genres.
The beginning of Russian literature for children and youth. The phenomenon of childhood in Russian literature of the 19th century in relation to children's and youth literature.
Russian literature for children and youth in the 20th century and nowadays. Literature for children and youth in foreign language teaching.
Annotation
Course aim: Students learn about specific features and typical genres of children?s and youth literature based on worldwide and Czech literature for children. Students acquire knowledge in basic orientation in this kind of literary production and possibilities such literature has in foreign language teaching.
Course contents: Discussion about the essence of children?s and youth literature. Specific features of children?s and youth literature. Psychology of a young reader of a specific age group. Folk literature in children?s literature and reading. Fairytale ? changes in genre, collectors and authors. The system of genres in children?s and youth literature in relation to the age of readers, specific features of individual genres. The beginning of Russian literature for children and youth. The phenomenon of childhood in Russian literature of the 19th century in relation to children?s and youth literature. Russian literature for children and youth in the 20th century and nowadays. Literature for children and youth in foreign language teaching.