Includes 40 hours observation and supervised tutoring in basic or freshman English classes. A study of modern and contemporary southern writers, including Faulkner, O'Connor, Welty, the Fugitives, Conroy, Percy. A study of representative plays by William Shakespeare within the context of their historical and cultural milieu of the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. A survey of children's literature in preparation for elementary school teaching and children's librarianship. The best of picture books and prose for children are introduced.
Emphasis is placed on implementation of an effective literature program in the elementary grades.
A survey of young adult fiction in preparation for secondary school teaching. Emphasizes development of an effective secondary level literature program, which reflects cultural and ethnic diversity. LIS 3500 may be substituted for this course. The course emphasizes development of individual criteria for evaluation and teaching of literature through seminar presentations, reading of scholarly publications, and writing articles using a selected critical approaches to analyze a given literary work. Maximum of 2 hours may be applied to a major or minor.