Traditional Folk Tale

Evaluating Books for Children

1. The unique character of literature for children, its functions.

2. Evaluating the plot, the setting and the theme of a child’s book.

3. Differences in characterization, style and point of view in children’s literature..

4. The role of illustrations and the format of a child’s book.

Tasks:

1. Be ready to provide examples of children’s books or their characters while speaking about any element of a book.

2. Comment upon topics and elements of content that have wide appeal for children.

3. Render in English the short summary of the article “How many clothes has a book got?” (by B. Galov)

Literature:

1. Cальникова, Е.Г. Children’s Literature of the world / Е.Г. Сальникова, М.А. Сыч. – Брест, 2008.

2. Jacobs, J.S. Children’s literature, briefly / J.S. Jacobs, M.O. Tunnell. – Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1996.

3. Галанов Б. Платье для Алисы. – М.: Книга, 1990.

Children’s Literature in Great Britain

2^nd Year

Seminar 3

Small Genres of Children’s Nursery Folklore

1. Nursery Rhymes, the reasons for their popularity with children.

2. Classification of Nursery Rhymes, their linguistic peculiarities (provide examples).

3. The historical background of NR.

4. The reflection of social motifs in NR.

5. Topsy-turvies and “nonsense” rhymes.

Tasks:

1. What other small genres of NR do you know?

2. Listen to some NR and comment on their contents and linguistic peculiarities

3. Learn some Nursery rhyme by heart.

Literature:

1. Jacobs, J.S. Children’s literature, briefly / J.S. Jacobs, M.O. Tunnell. – Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1996.

2. Mother Goose Rhymes / Сост. Н.М. Демурова. – М.: Радуга, 1988.

Children’s Literature in Great Britain

2^nd Year

Seminar 4

English Poetry of Nonsense

1. Edward Lear and his contribution to the genre of limerick.

2. E. Lear’s ballads.

3. Nonsense verse of the 20^th century (H. Belloc, G. Harry, R. Dahl).

4. The use of nonsense verse in language teaching.

Tasks:

1. Comment on the following: “In contradiction to the relations and harmonies of life, Nonsense sets itself to discover and bring forward the incongruities of all things within and without us. For while Sense is prosaic and commonplace, Nonsense has proved to bring out a new and deeper harmony of life. Nonsense has shown itself to be a true work of the imagination, a child of genius”.

2. Be ready with the tasks on limericks (analysis and translation)

Literature:

1. Lear, E. Complete Nonsense. – Wordsworth Classics, 1994.

2. Jacobs, J.S. Children’s literature, briefly / J.S. Jacobs, M.O. Tunnell. – Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1996.

3. Демурова, Н.М. «Июльский полдень золотой …»: Статьи об английской детской книге. – М.: УРАО, 2000.

Children’s Literature in Great Britain

2^nd Year

Seminar 5

Traditional Folk Tale

1. The origin of the fairy-tale, its importance for the child’s development.

2. The specific character of the British fairy-tale.

3. The problems of classifying folk tales.

4. The morphology of the fairy-tale.

Tasks:

1. Be ready to comment on W.H. Auden’s words about the importance of the fairy-tales.

2. Read the fairy-tale “The Black Bull of Norroway”. Be ready with the analysis of the functions of its characters.

Literature:

1. Cальникова, Е.Г. Children’s Literature of the world / Е.Г. Сальникова, М.А. Сыч. – Брест, 2008.

2. Jacobs, J.S. Children’s literature, briefly / J.S. Jacobs, M.O. Tunnell. – Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1996.

3. Tolkien, J.R.R. On fairy-stories / Great Fantasy Stories, p. 58-61.

Children’s Literature in Great Britain

2^nd Year

Seminar 6

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