EDM 512 - Critical Analysis of Children’s Literature

Semester Hour(s): 3
Elective As an advanced study of book evaluation, literary criticism, children’s book publishing, awards and current trends in the field, this course requires extensive critical reading. It is designed to improve the ability to discern quality books and illustrations, to acquire a literary canon and apply it across genres. Exposure to the scholarship of literary critics and employment of criteria established by their body of work will be required.