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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
English
Semester:
Yearly
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Galia Benziman
Coordinator Office Hours:
Wed 13:00-14:00
Teaching Staff:
Prof
Course/Module description:
A study of the literary, educational, philosophical and socioeconomic aspects of the representation of childhood and the development of the concept of the child in the long 19th century, from the late-18th to the early-20th century
Course/Module aims:
To discuss and study the development of the poetic concept of childhood as part of the major changes in culture, religion, society, economy and literature of the long nineteenth century
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
students will be able to analyse realistic and figurative representations of childhood in poetry, fiction, and in religious, legal, and educational texts within a cultural and historical context
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
seminar
Course/Module Content:
Texts by Locke, Rousseau, Hannah More, Maria Edgeworth, Blake, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Dickens, Charles Kingsley, Hardy, Frances H. Burnett, J. M. Barrie, and others. A more detailed list will be provided
Required Reading:
Texts by Locke, Rousseau, Hannah More, Maria Edgeworth, Blake, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Dickens, Charles Kingsley, Hardy, Frances H. Burnett, J. M. Barrie, and others. A more detailed list will be provided
Additional Reading Material:
to be provided
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 10 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 45 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 45 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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