INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
| Title | ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΑΙΔΙΚΗ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΑ / INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE |
| Code | Υ06 |
| Faculty | Education |
| School | Early Childhood Education |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Coordinator | Triantafilia-Rosy Aggelaki |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600024262 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Epistīmṓn Proscholikīs Agōgīs kai Ekpaídeusīs (2024-sīmera)
Registered students: 269
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600278569
|
| Section | Instructors |
|---|---|
| 1. 1ο Τμήμα (ΑΕΜ που λήγουν σε: 1, 3, 5, 7 και 9) | Triantafilia-Rosy Aggelaki |
| 2. 2ο Τμήμα (ΑΕΜ που λήγουν σε 0, 2, 4, 6 και 8) | Triantafilia-Rosy Aggelaki |
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600278569
- At the Website of the School: http://www.nured.auth.gr/dp7nured/?q=el/userprofile/79
- eLearning:
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
In order to meet the requirements of the course, students will be required to read a sufficient number of books for children and the course's notes.
Learning Outcomes
Acquisition of basic knowledge for the critical approach and evaluation of books for children
In particular:
- Understanding the role of childhood perceptions in the creation of children's literature
- Understanding of the place/role of children's literature in the literary multisystem and of the concerns surrounding it: understanding of the historical, social and cultural context that shaped the specific characteristics of children's literature and that contributed to, or acted as an obstacle to, its development, both in our country and in other European countries
- Recognition and evaluation of the ideological orientations and conventions of children's literature
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course provides an introduction to children's literature, from pre-school nursery rhymes and picture books that are read to children, to the stories, myths, legends, and other tales that children read on their own in the elementary grades. Among the topics the course addresses are: origins and development of literature for children; major works, writers, and illustrators in its development; distinctive genres and their characteristics; nature and function of
illustrations; social issues addressed in children's literature today; problematic aspects of contemporary children’s literature; and uses of children’s literature in the elementary curriculum.
The Course provides an overview of the history of children’s literature from its origins as oral literature intended for adults to a written literature encompassing all major genres;
indicates historical shifts in the purposes for children’s literature: shows how different purposes are related to different ways of viewing childhood; examines the history and characteristics of the various genres of children’s literature and some of the social issues dealt with in contemporary works of children’s literature; explores the social, political, and literary issues raised by many contemporary works of children’s literature; describes possible uses of children’s literature in the elementary classroom.
Keywords
childhood, children's literature (and its history), literary genres, children's literature classics
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 50 | ||||
| Reading Assigment | 49 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 6 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 20 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 125 |
Student Assessment
Description
Preparation of short papers and their optional presentation during the semester. Assignments are individual. Instructions are given
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Κανατσούλη, Μ., Εισαγωγή στη θεωρία και κριτική της παιδικής λογοτεχνίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, University Studio Press, γ' έκδοση, 2013
Additional bibliography for study
Αγγελάκη, Ρόζη-Τριανταφυλλιά. Το Βυζάντιο στη λογοτεχνία για παιδιά, από το 1955 μέχρι σήμερα: Συγκριτική και ιδεολογική προσέγγιση. Θεσσαλονίκη, Γιαχούδης, 2018.
Γαβριηλίδου, Σοφία (2008). Το δύσκολο επάγγελμα του κλασσικού ήρωα. Θεσσαλονίκη: University Studio Press.
Γαβριηλίδου, Σοφία (2013). Φλυαρία και Λακωνικότητα στους τίτλους των βιβλίων για παιδιά. Θεσσαλονίκη: Ζυγός.
Κανατσούλη, Μένη (2014). Μυστικά, ψέματα, όνειρα και άλλα. Θεσσαλονίκη: University Studio Press.
Κανατσούλη, Μ. Αγγελάκη, Ρ.Τ., Σουλιώτη Δ. (Επιμ.). Αφηγήσεις και αφηγήσεις για την παιδκή ηλικία. Θεσσαλονίκη, University Studio Press, 2021.
Κανατσούλη, Μ. & Τσιλιμένη, Τ. Οι λέξεις φταίνε. Αφιερωματικός τόμος στον Α. Καρακίτσιο. Θεσσαλονίκη, University Studio Press, 2023.
Παπανικολάου, Ρ. &Τσιλιμένη, Τ. 1992. Η παιδική λογοτεχνία στο νηπιαγωγείο, Θεωρία και πράξη. Καστανιώτης.
Γ. Παπαντωνάκης & Τρ. Κωτόπουλος (2011). Σκηνικό, χαρακτήρες, πλοκή. Διαβάζοντας ένα λογοτεχνικό κείμενο για παιδιά & νέους. Αθήνα: Ίων.ress, 2023.
Χαντ, Π. Κατανοώντας τη Λογοτεχνία για παιδιά. Μετφ. Χ. Μητσοπούλου. 2009.
Last Update
28-07-2025
