Università Roma Tre

The course of history of children's literature intends to address the future educators and teachers to make them aware of the importance of reading literary texts (led by adult or staff) plays in the education of children (from the first months of life) and adolescents.
Many lessons will be dedicated to the identification of the most appropriate strategies to develop the so-called pleasure of reading and to generate in young readers essential motivational processes. Reading aloud, the animated reading, the environment construction of reading, the physical relationship with the object-book, the reading of the images, the places where play reading promotion (school, library, playroom, home etc. ): these are just some of the themes that run through and determine the child's relationship with the literary text and we have to deal with knowledge and pedagogical skills to address the serious problem of removal of young people from reading practices.
Besides these theoretical lessons of prof. Cantatore will be constantly characterized by:
1. suitable focus historians to identify the most important passages of the progressive formation of a literary tradition specifically dedicated to young people;
2. practical demonstrations of how to read a book to / with children (in this case it is requested the active participation of the students).
During the course will be projected film adaptations of literature for children and are often invited to give lecture writers, illustrators, critics, publishers, booksellers, educators, teachers specializing in children's literature.
During the course it will be useful to build moments of virtual meeting between the teacher and students via computer (exchange of teaching materials, emergency alerts, information on events related to children's literature to which you can participate as exhibitions, performances, exhibitions, fairs etc.). And 'essential that all students enroll platform formonline Roma Tre.

Storia e critica della letteratura per l’infanzia:
• Lorenzo Cantatore (a cura di), Primo: leggere, Edizioni Conoscenza, Roma (il libro sarà disponibile in libreria da ottobre 2017).
• Antonio Faeti, Letteratura per l’infanzia, La Nuova Italia, Firenze (il libro è esaurito e sarà messo a disposizione degli studenti in formato PDF sulla piattaforma formonline).
Albi illustrati:
• Leo Lionni, Piccolo blu e piccolo giallo¸ Babalibri, Milano.
• Maurice Sendak, Nel paese dei mostri selvaggi, Babalibri, Milano.
• Antonella Abbatiello, Bruno Tognolini, Alfabeto delle fiabe, Topipittori, Milano
Romanzi (tre a scelta fra i seguenti):
• Ferdinando Albertazzi – “Scomparso” – Electa Young
• David Almond, Skellig, Salani, Firenze
• Anne-Laure Bondoux, Le lacrime dell’assassino, Edizioni San Paolo, Roma
• Rocio Carmona, La grammatica dell’amore, Fanucci, Roma
• Erri De Luca, Tu, mio, Feltrinelli, Milano
• Ermanno Detti, Giovannino senza paura, Gallucci, Roma
• Paul Doswell, Il ragazzo di Berlino, Feltrinelli, Milano
• Antonio Ferrara, Ero cattivo, Edizioni San Paolo, Roma
• Silvana Gandolfi, Io dentro gli spari, Salani, Firenze
• Luigi Garlando, L’estate che conobbi il Che, Rizzoli, Milano
• Luisa Mattia, E poi diventai farfalla, Lapis, Roma
• Christopher Paolini, Eragon, Rizzoli, Milano
• Maurizio A. C. Quarello, ’45, Orecchio Acerbo, Roma
• Guido Sgardoli, Kaspar, il bravo soldato, Giunti, Firenze
• Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl, Mondadori, Milano
• Paola Zannoner, Il vento di Santiago, Mondadori, Milano