GENDER STUDIES AND CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Course Information
TitleΣΠΟΥΔΕΣ ΦΥΛΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΙΔΙΚΗ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΑ / GENDER STUDIES AND CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
CodeΥΒ.1.022
FacultyEducation
SchoolEarly Childhood Education
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorTriantafilia-Rosy Aggelaki
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID80003380

Programme of Study: UPS of School of Early Childhood Education (2012-today)

Registered students: 122
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
CoreBackround CourseWinter/Spring-6

Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600130344
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
In the last decades, foreign theoretical approaches persist in connecting the study of literature, and the study of children's literature, with “gender”. These contemporary theoretical opinions and perceptions are analytically presented in this lesson, whilst continuously examining their adaptation on works of Greek children's literature, novels and fables. The student, via well-known literary texts which are pointed out to him/her, can easily acquaint him/herself with the theory and practice of this relatively new dimension in the criticism of children's literature. Specifically, the student must understand that gender differences are socially constructed. This is reflected very well within the literary texts. More specifically are analyzed the stereotypes for both female and male gender in folk and fairy tales and their newer versions (aimed at the reversal of outdated gender ideology), in elementary school textbooks, in picture books, in novels for children and young adults.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
Course Content (Syllabus)
In the last decades, foreign theoretical approaches persist in connecting the study of literature, and the study of children's literature, with “gender”. These contemporary theoretical opinions and perceptions are analytically presented in this lesson, whilst continuously examining their adaptation on works of Greek children's literature, novels and fables. The student, via well-known literary texts which are pointed out to him/her, can easily acquaint him/herself with the theory and practice of this relatively new dimension in the criticism of children's literature. Specifically, the student must understand that gender differences are socially constructed. This is reflected very well within the literary texts. More specifically are analyzed the stereotypes for both female and male gender in folk and fairy tales and their newer versions (aimed at the reversal of outdated gender ideology), in elementary school textbooks, in picture books, in novels for children and young adults.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.6
Reading Assigment582.3
Written assigments502
Exams30.1
Total1506
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1.Μ.ΚΑΝΑΤΣΟΥΛΗ Ο ήρωας και η ηρωίδα με τα χίλια πρόσωπα, Gutenberg 2009 2. Μ.ΚΑΝΑΤΣΟΥΛΗ Πρόσωπα γυναικών στην Παιδική Λογοτεχνία, Πατάκης.
Additional bibliography for study
R. Bottigheimer: Grimm's Bad Girls and Bold Boys. The Moral and Social Vision of the Tales, Yale University Press, New Haven - London 1987. P. Nodelman: «Children's Literature as Women's Writing», Children's Literature Association-Quarterly 13.1 (1988): 31-34. L. Paul: Reading Other-Ways, The Thimble Press, Woodchester 1998. R. Seelinger Trites: Waking Sleeping Beauty. Feminist Voices in Children’s Novels, University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 1997. P. Nodelman: «Making Boys Appear. The Masculinity of Children’s Fiction», Ways of Being Male. Representing Masculinities in Children’s Literature and Film (επιμέλεια J.Stephens), Routledge, New York - London 2002: 1-14. Δ. Αναγνωστοπούλου: Αναπαραστάσεις του γυναικείου στη λογοτεχνία, Πατάκης, Αθήνα 2007. B. Δεληγιάννη-Κουϊμτζή: «Θεωρίες για τις διαφορές των φύλων», Εκπαίδευση και Φύλο (επιμέλεια Β.Δεληγιάννη - Σ.Ζιώγου), Βάνιας, Θεσσαλονίκη 1994 Μ. Κανατσούλη: «Τύποι γυναικών και γυναικείες ‘φωνές’ στα βιβλία του δημοτικού σχολείου», Φύλο και σχολική πράξη (επιμέλεια Β.Δεληγιάννη - Σ. Ζιώγου), Βάνιας, Θεσσαλονίκη 1997: 303-313. Ε. Μαραγκουδάκη: Εκπαίδευση και διάκριση των φύλων. Παιδικά αναγνώσματα στο νηπιαγωγείο, Οδυσσέας, Αθήνα 1993. Α. Οικονομίδου: «Τελικά τα αγόρια κλαίνε; Έμφυλες ταυτότητες στη λογοτεχνία για μικρές ηλικίες: μια πρώτη προσέγγιση», Κείμενα 1(2004): 1-10. Α. Aγγελοπούλου: Eλληνικά παραμύθια A'. Oι παραμυθοκόρες, Eστία, Αθήνα 2002.
Last Update
17-01-2017