Writing for Children: The Tales We Can'T Seem to Forget
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In this summer mini-course, students will use canonical works of children's literature to inspire their own stories and verses, which they will read aloud and discuss in a workshop setting. We will focus on the uses and reuses of fairy and folk tales -- from early works compiled by the Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault to fantasies from the Victorian era by Mary de Morgan and Oscar Wilde. We will end with contemporary reimaginings by Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman, Angela Carter and Lauren Child. Class will include discussion of illustration, recent trends in children's literature, and the publishing process. Course instructor Sarah Smith is the former Children's Book editor at the New York Times Book Review.
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