Children’s Literature
Humanities
Children’s Literature
Children’s literature is one of the foundations for all reading. Most of the fairy tales are oral traditions that eventually were written down. This is how written language takes off and was instrumental in teaching literacy for adults and children alike. For your Part 1, you will describe what images came to mind when you read your selected story. The Part 2 will have you discuss a fairy tale from your childhood and the Part 3 will have you rewrite the story you created for the last two weeks and turn it into a 1-3 sentence piece of micro-fiction.
Reading
The reading assignments for this unit are:
- ENGL 1405 – Micro Fiction.
Also, you are responsible for reading ONE of the following:
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling (https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/k/kipling/rudyard/jungle/chapter9.html)
- The Viking’s Tales (any of them) by Jennie Hall (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24811/24811-h/24811-h.htm#Page_62)
- The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (any of them) by Hans Christian Andersen (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27200/27200-h/27200-h.htm)
- The Happy Prince and Other Tales (any of them) by Oscar Wilde (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/902)
- Fairy Tales (any of them) by The Brothers Grimm (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2591/2591-h/2591-h.htm)
- African Fairy Tales (any of them) by Various Artists (http://fairytalesoftheworld.com/africa/)
- Fairy Tales from Asia (any of them) by Various Artists (http://fairytalesoftheworld.com/asia/)
- Aesop’s Fables (any of them) from Aesop (http://history-world.org/Aesops_Fables_NT.pdf)
- 1001 Arabian Nights (any of them) by Various Artists (http://www.bartleby.com/16/)
- The Surprise by Lili Potpara (http://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2012/september/surprise-lili-potpara#.U62WXI1dXfQ)