Children's Literature: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Imaginary Spaces

CAS EN 150

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Creativity/Innovation

What stories do we tell about children? What guidance do we imagine them needing? Examines fairy tales; the Golden Age of Children's Literature (1860-1920); fantasy; genre and adaptation. Authors include Grimms, Brontë, Lewis Carroll, Tolkien, Le Guin, Pullman, Sendak. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Creativity/Innovation.

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