Università Roma Tre

The reading for the kids and the kids did not only recreational purposes; if exercised on an unquestioning texts and recognized aesthetic and literary value, it can be educational activity in more areas: linguistic, cognitive, aesthetic, ethical, experiential.
The course, therefore, insists on the educational dimension of children's literature, not neglecting the epistemological debate on discipline, defining areas and the main and most current theories. Through reading routes targeted on different genres and themes, students will have the chance to rediscover some "classics" and appreciate contemporary works from different countries and cultures, thus following the historical development of children's literature from the eighteenth century up to the outcomes of the most recent debates .
The course will provide some tools you need to make a careful assessment of the various educational products, with the suggestion of techniques for the promotion of reading and entertainment with the help of fantasy and imagination.
The course aims to provide students with:
- A basic understanding of the historical development of children's literature from the eighteenth century to the present day, through the analysis of some classic and contemporary works, with emphasis on the typical literary genres in the industry;
- An overview of the main theories on children's literature;
- Knowledge for the promotion of reading and animation tools.

Basic Course: 6 CFU

Students can choose the section Little Library three routes between seven proposed, with the reading and analysis, for each chosen route, at least two texts.
The reading of the works should be integrated with the study of:
Angelo Nobile, Daniele Giancane, Carlo Marini, Letteratura per l’infanzia e l’adolescenza. Storia e critica pedagogica, La Scuola, Brescia 2011.
Pino Boero, Carmine De Luca, La letteratura per l’infanzia, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2012, capitolo IX: Da un secolo all’altro (1970-2009), pp. 278-345 and notes about .
Little Library:
Reading itineraries: a journey through time and space ... in the territories of the imagination, adventure trails ... and contamination.
Each text has been indicated the year of publication of the work, with specification of the original title (in the case of foreign works); during the lessons we will be given some tips on the different Italian editions.

1) Initiation into adulthood: urchins, orphans, and children principles "Special"
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (David Copperfield), 1849-50.
Hector Malot, Senza famiglia (Sans famille), 1878.
Carlo Collodi (Enrico Mazzanti), Le avventure di Pinocchio, 1883.
Mark Twain, Le avventure di Tom Sawyer (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer), 1876.
Edmondo De Amicis, Cuore, 1886.
Vamba ( Luigi Bertelli), Il giornalino di Gianburrasca, 1911.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Il Piccolo Principe (Le Petit Prince), 1943.
Gianni Rodari, Le avventure di Cipollino, 1951.
Roald Dahl, Matilde (Matilda), 1988.
Bianca Pitzorno, Principessa Laurentina, 1991.
Jerry Spinelli, La schiappa, 2005.

2) Female models of yesterday and today
Lewis Caroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), Alice nel paese delle meraviglie (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), 1865.
Louis May Alcott, Piccole donne ( Little Women), 1868.
Emilio Salgari, Jolanda, la figlia del Corsaro Nero, 1905.
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anna dai capelli rossi ( Anne of Green Gables), 1908.
Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Calzelunghe (Pippi Långstrump), 1945.
Bianca Pitzorno, Extraterrestre alla pari, 1979.
Lia Levi, Una valle piena di stelle, 1997.
Deborah Ellis, Sotto il burqa ( The Breadwinner), 2001.

3)Between the generations: grandparents, grandchildren, and other stories
Charles Dickens, Canto di Natale ( Christmas Carol), 1843.
Johanna Spyri, Heidi (Heidis Lehr-und Wanderjahre), 1880.
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Il piccolo Lord ( Little Lord Fauntleroy), 1886.
Melina Marchetta, Terza generazione (Looking for Alibrandi), 1992.
Roberto Piumini, Mattia e il nonno, 1997.

4) Anti-Semitism, racism, immigration, integration: we are all equal / different
Harriet Beecher Stowe, La capanna dello zio Tom ( Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life Among the Lowly), 1852.
Mark Twain, Le avventure di Huckleberry Finn (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), 1884.
Alberto Manzi, Orzawei, 1955.
Harper Lee, Il buio oltre la siepe (To Kill a Mockingbird), 1960.
Judith Kerr, Quando Hitler rubò il coniglio rosa (When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit), 1971.
Jerry Spinelli, Una casa per Jeffrey Magee (Maniac Magee), 1990.
Lia Levi, La Lettera B, 2003.
John Boyne, Il bambino con il pigiama a righe (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas), 2006.

5) Nature and its laws
Rudyard Kipling, Il libro della giungla (The Jungle Book), 1894.
Jack London, Il richiamo della foresta (The Call of the Wild), 1903.
Italo Calvino, Marcolvaldo ovvero le stagioni in città, 1963.
Bianca Pitzorno, Clorofilla dal cielo blu, 1973.
Luis Sepúlveda, Storia di una gabbianella e del gatto che le insegnò a volare (Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar), 1996.
Roberto Piumini, Il leone verde, 2004.

6) Travel and adventure
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe), 1719.
Jonathan Swift, I viaggi di Gulliver ( Gulliver’s Travels), 1726.
Gottfried August Bürger, Le avventure del Barone di Münchhausen (Des freiherrn von Münchhausen), 1786.
Jules Verne, Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni (Le tour du monde en 80 jours), 1873.
Louis Stevenson, L’isola del tesoro (Treasure Island), 1883.
Emilio Salgari, Il Corsaro Nero, 1898.

7) The world of fantasy: the stories of the impossible
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Lo Hobbit (The Hobbit), 1937.
Michael Ende, La storia infinita (Die unendlliche Geschichte), 1979.
Philip Pullman, La bussola d’oro (Northern Lights), 1995.
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone), 1997.
Giorgia Byng, Molly Moon e l’incredibile libro dell’ipnosi (Molly Moon's incredible book of hypnotism), 2002.
Cornelia Funke, Cuore d’inchiostro (Tintenherz), 2003.
Licia Troisi, Cronache del mondo emerso, 2004-2005.

Integration: 3 CFU
Gianni Rodari, Grammatica della fantasia ( qualsiasi edizione integrale).
Ermanno Detti, Piccoli lettori crescono. Come avvicinare bambini e ragazzi alla lettura, Edizioni Erickson, Trento 2012.