- Docente: Milena Bernardi
- Credits: 8
- SSD: M-PED/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Primary teacher education (cod. 8540)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student knows
- the cultural context in which children's literature has historycally found itself;
- the children’s books and the complexity and ambiguity that characterizes them;
- knows and analyzes the imagery and interprets the textes;
- knows and analyzes the classic and contemporary novels, picture books, fairy tales, and numerous examples of books for childrens.
- knows how to propose the storytelling languages, and the student knows different comunication modes in the educational relationship.
- is able to make informed choises in publishing children's books.
Course contents
The course analizes the children's literature with contentsinterdisciplinay perspective and hermeneutic analysis.
Key words contents:
Children's literature, fairy tales collections, adventures, stories, characters, plots, literary genres, classical and contemporary authors.
Childhood finds herself in the literary metaphors;childhood and representations of early childhood.
The fairy tale: a special literary genre with Hard themes;
Theory and history;
Publishing;narratology;novels for children and classic novel;
School and novel, school and fairy tales;
The difficult relationship between school and novel;
Education and reading; pedagogy and storytelling;
Poetry, illustration and storytelling;imaginary and children's literature; literature and complexity.
Teacher training. Educational relationship.
Teacher as caregiver and children's literature.
Readings/Bibliography
The program includes:
- basic knowledge
- a monograph path chosen by the student
- the monograph path must be chosen according toa thematic thread that links the novel, the fairy tales, the picture book...
All students must study the following Critical essay + a short essay in scientific magazine :
- Milena Bernardi, Letteratura per l'infanzia e alterità. Incanti, disincanti, ambiguità, tracce. Franco Angeli Editore, Milano, 2016;
- Antonio Faeti, I tesori nelle isole non trovate. Fiabe, immaginario, avventura, nella letteratura per l’infanzia. Junior edizioni, 2018
- M. Bernardi, La raccolta completa di fiabe e la poetica della sua voce narrante, articolo in rivista, RPD- Ricerche di pedagogia e didattica, Journal of Theories and Research in Education 11, 3 (2016). Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna, Vol. 11, N°3, 2016 - .
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- and 2 critical essay chosen among the following ones:
- - M. Bernardi, Infanzia e metafore letterarie, Bononia University Press, Bologna, 2009
- - M. Bernardi, Infanzia e Fiaba, Bononia University Press, Bologna, 2007
- M. Bernardi, Il cassetto segreto, Unicopli, Milano, 2011
- A. Faeti, Gli amici ritrovati, BUR, Rizzoli
- Milena Bernardi, Roberto Frabetti, Naviganti. Ragazzi e teatro: incontri di laboratorio, incontri di vita, Collana di letteratura per l’infanzia - Bagheera -Edizioni ETS, Pisa, 2013.
- Lo sguardo della memoria. Rileggendo il piccolo principe. A cura di: Emy Beseghi, Cosimo Laneve
- A. Ascenzi, R. Sani, Storia e antologia della letteratura per l'infanzia nell'Italia dell'ottocento, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2017 I°volume, 2018 II°volume.
- W. Grandi, Infanzia e mondi fantastici, Bononia University Press, Bologna, 2007
- W. Grandi, La musa bambina. La letteratura mitologica italiana per ragazzi tra storia, narrazione e pedagogia, Edizioni Unicopli, Milano, 2011
- W. Grandi, La vetrina magica. 50 anni di BolognaRagazzi Awards, editori e libri per l’infanzia, ETS, Pisa, 2015
- W. Grandi, Gli ingranaggi sognati. Scienza, fantasia e tecnologia nelle narrazioni per l’infanzia e l’adolescenza, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2017
- The student must choose the novels for children (2), the fairy tales (5), and a picture book for a monographic research, chosen according to a thematic thread that links them all. for the selection of novels and fairy tales you should consult your teacher website Erasmus students must agree on the program with the professor.
- and 2 critical essay chosen among the following ones:
Teaching methods
Lectures. Brainstorming, discussion and debate abaut literature, movie, theater, media. Storytelling.
Assessment methods
- knowledge learned on discipline; the theoretical and interpretative references concerning children's literature;
- critical and methodological skills;
- interdisciplinary knowledge useful to analyze the children's literature;
- knowledge of educational contexts for early childhood and primary school;
Final score based on ../30 (18 is considered the minimum to pass the exam).
Inscription to the exam on Almaesami website.
If rejected at the exam, it is possible to have a second chance.
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Teaching tools
Reading aloud, Storytelling, books, picture books, videos, etc
Office hours
See the website of Milena Bernardi