Course Syllabus (2nd Semester, 2023)

Course Course Studies in Children’s Joon Hyung Park

A07638 Credit 3 Instructor
Number Title Literature (joonhyungpark@pknu.ac.kr)

Class Intended Graduate Students in English Language &

Classroom C25-527 Tues. 1:00-3:50p.m.
Time Audience Literature

1. Course Information
This course will analyze 5 Anglophone literary works for/about children including older children
and/or young adults by focusing on issues of the gender roles, race, and class. Students will be able to
Course understand how literary works illustrate and sometimes contribute to prescribe gender, race, and class
Objective as social constructions. Also, approaching these issues in Children’s Literature against the backdrop of
social, historical, and academic contexts, students will have an opportunity to read and explore the
author introduction and critical essays.
1. Graduate students are expected to attend every class and complete all weekly readings, which
usually consists of 5-6 chapters of a primary text and 1 secondary source.
2. This is a discussion seminar and your informed contributions to our class, whether participation in
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class discussion or presentation, are crucial to the success of the course.
3. This is a writing-enhanced course which requires a minimum 12-page final research paper and
other assignments including a topic proposal, an annotated bibliography, and a conference paper.

2. Required Text(s) and Supplemental Texts

(a) Required Text(s):
- CharlesDickens’sAChristmasCarolinProse:BeingaGhostStoryofChristmas.DoverThriftEditions(ISBN:978-0-486-26865-1)
(b) Supplemental Texts:
- The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 8th Ed. New York; London: Norton, 2012.
- The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 9th Ed. New York; London: Norton, 2012.
- Hunt, Peter. Ed. Understanding Children’s Literature. London; New York: Routledge, 2002.

3. Grading Policy
Discussion Assignments Quizzes Mid-term Exam Final Exam
Attendance Total
& Participation => Presentation (CS + AI) (TP + Intro.) => Response Paper => Final Paper

10% 10% 20% 20% 10% 30% 100%

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4. Course Schedule (1
5Weeks)
Week Material Covered (topic / weekly activity / content(s)) ASSGs & RMKs

(1) Course Introduction (2) Introduce Your Childhood

[WK1] 9/5(T)
(3) Introduction to Children’s Literature

(1) Author Intro.: Robert Louis Stevenson - AI#1 (2) What is a metaphor?
[WK2] 9/12(T) (AI)#1
(3) Stevenson’s poem “Foreign Lands” (1913) - Drawing a tree diagram

(1) Review of your response paper on Stevenson's poem

[WK3] 9/19(T) Response paper#1
(2-3) Stevenson’s poem “Foreign Lands” - Class Discussion

(1) Author Intro.: Sherwood Anderson(1876-1941) - AI#2

[WK4] 9/26(T) (AI)#2
(2-3) Anderson's “Sophistication” (1919)- Scene Analysis + Drawing a Scene

(1) Review of your scene drawing

[WK5] 10/10(T) Drawing a Scene
(2-3) Anderson's “Sophistication” - Class Discussion on the whole story

(1) Author Intro.: John Updike(1932-2009) - AI#3

[WK6] 10/17(T) (AI)#3
(2-3) Updike's “A&P” (1961) - Class discussion + Writing a letter to a character

[WK7] 10/24(T) (1-3) Review of your response paper + Further discussion on “A&P” Response paper#2

(1) Author Intro.: Charles Dickens(1812-1870) - AI#4

[WK8] 10/31(T) (AI)#4
(2-3) Stave I of A Christmas Carol

[WK9] 11/7(T) (1) Critical Essay#1 (2-3) Further discussion on Stave I of CC (CE)#1

[WK10] 11/14(T) (1) Critical Essay#2 (2-3) Stave II of CC (CE)#2

[WK11] 11/21(T) (1) Critical Essay#3 (2-3) Stave III of CC (CE)#3

[WK12] 11/28(T) (1) Critical Essay#4 (2-3) Stave IV of CC (CE)#4

(1) Critical Essay#5 (2) Stave V of CC

[WK13] 12/5(T) (CE)#5
(3) Topic Proposal

[WK14]
[Introduction] Peer review of your introduction
10/3=>12/12(T)

[WK15] 12/19(T) [Mock Conference] (1-3) Mini-conference Final Paper due: Dec.20 (Wed.)

ø Others

« Office: Room 1016 « Office Hours: Wed. 2:00-4:30p.m.; Tues./Thurs. 3:00p.m.-4:30p.m. & by appt.

ø Additional Comments

1. To substantiate any excused absence, students should provide a document like doctor’s note. Unexplained or unannounced
absences will result in point deductions to the course grade.

2. ZERO tolerance policy for plagiarism, cheating and any other form of academic dishonesty. If a student is found cheating
or plagiarizing their work, the assignment will receive a failing grade.

3. The syllabus may change slightly over the course, and additional readings can be assigned.

4. Students who need special support for their classes due to disabilities or illnesses can have a meeting with their professor at

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the beginning of the semester and receive support from the Student Support Center with Disabilities (051-629-5688).