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Teaching Children’s Fiction

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Catherine Butler

    1. University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

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Part of the book series: Teaching the New English (TENEEN)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Catherine Butler
    Pages 1-5

  3. Historical Studies

    • Pat Pinsent
    Pages 6-28

  4. Cultural Studies

    • David Rudd
    Pages 29-59

  5. Genre and Convention

    • Jean Webb
    Pages 60-84

  6. Looking in the Mirror: Pedagogy, Theory, and Children’s Literature

    • Roderick McGillis
    Pages 85-105

  7. Word and Picture

    • Maria Nikolajeva
    Pages 106-151

  8. Children as Readers

    • Judith Elkin
    Pages 152-171

  9. Children’s Literature at Postgraduate Level in the United Kingdom

    • Pat Pinsent, Kimberley Reynolds
    Pages 172-180

  10. Children’s Literature at Postgraduate Level in the United States

    • Richard Flynn
    Pages 181-188

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 189-214
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About this book

This book combines the work of nine leading teachers and scholars of children's literature from Europe and North America. They explore the various disciplines and perspectives that have contributed to the study of children's literature, giving practical classroom suggestions. Contains an up-to-date resources section.

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'The Teaching the New English Series is a welcome and timely contribution to the changing canon, curriculum, and classroom practice of English in higher education. Imaginatively conceived and professionally edited, the series will be required reading for instructors in English studies worldwide.' - Professor Elaine Showalter, Professor Emerita of English, Princeton University, USA, and Author of Teaching Literature

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

    Catherine Butler

About the editor

JUDITH ELKIN Vice Principal of University College Worcester, UK and a member of the Herefordshire Learning Partnership Strategic Board, the British Council Knowledge and Information Advisory Committee, and Chair of MLA West Midlands, the Council for Museums, Libraries and Archives RICHARD FLYNN Professor of Literature at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, USA and Editor of the Children's Literature Association Quarterly RODERICK MCGILLIS Professor of English at the University of Calgary, Canada MARIA NIKOLAJEVA Professor of Comparative Literature at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Åbo Akademi University, Finland PAT PINSENT Senior Research Fellow at University of Surrey, Roehampton, UK KIMBERLEY REYNOLDS Professor of Children's Literature, University of Newcastle, UK DAVID RUDD Senior Lecturer in the Department of Cultural and Creative Studies at the Bolton Institute, UK JEAN WEBB Director of the International Centrefor Research in Primary English and Children's Literature at University College Worcester, UK

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