2019 FallLS 390 Section 02, 3 units

This course provides a variety of analytical and critical lenses for exploring culturally sustaining literature for children in preK-8. The course explores theoretical and pedagogical issues surrounding the use of literature in the multicultural classroom. Explicit and implicit sociocultural patterns, symbols, and structural features of various literary genres are examined across a variety of texts (e.g., wordless books, picture books, chapter books, young adult novels, graphic novels, and poetry) that relate to the complex lives of individuals across diverse socio-cultural groups.