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F�INI�LACHT SA LITR�OCHT / IDENTITY IN YOUTH LITERATURE

Module code: EDF449
Credits: 5
Semester: 1 and 2
Department: FROEBEL EDUCATION
International:
Coordinator: Dr Patricia Kennon (FROEBEL EDUCATION)

	Overview
	This bilingual module traces ideologies and issues around identity, diversity and belonging in 20th and 21st century visual narratives for young people. Over the course of the elective five English-language and five Irish-language literature primary texts (graphic novels, picturebooks, animated television series and illustrated youth media) will be surveyed from an interdisciplinary perspective, using literary, historical, psychological, and cultural approaches. In particular, the module will focus on narrative techniques, diversity issues, the translation process, the didactic elements of stories for young people, and discourses of nationhood and identity in modern popular youth culture as reflected in texts in both English and Gaeilge.

Overview

This bilingual module traces ideologies and issues around identity, diversity and belonging in 20th and 21st century visual narratives for young people. Over the course of the elective five English-language and five Irish-language literature primary texts (graphic novels, picturebooks, animated television series and illustrated youth media) will be surveyed from an interdisciplinary perspective, using literary, historical, psychological, and cultural approaches. In particular, the module will focus on narrative techniques, diversity issues, the translation process, the didactic elements of stories for young people, and discourses of nationhood and identity in modern popular youth culture as reflected in texts in both English and Gaeilge.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Demonstrate a professional familiarity with a visual storytelling in Irish and international contemporary children's literature in both Gaeilge and English Demonstrate a familiarity with, and an effective application of, relevant literary theories to the critical study of visual storytelling for young people Increase their sensitivity to, and critical analysis of, the socio-cultural dimensions of/around children�s and young-adult literature Analyse a range of treatments of nationhood and identity in literature via links between interdisciplinary theories and practice Enhance their practical skills in effectively participating in collaborative critical analysis Conceptualise, design, structure, and present effective sessions of peer teaching Independently select, use and evaluate texts of children�s and young-adult visual storytelling in Irish and in English from a wide range of genre and media, suitable for different levels of readership Critically analyse intercultural reception and the translation process regarding children�s picturebooks, comics, graphic novels and animated television and reflect upon the cultural nuances involved

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	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
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