ENGL 4102: British Children's Literature
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Focuses on works in British and British Colonial Children's literature. Section information text: This course is a survey of British children's literature. Students begin by reading British fairy tales to understand the oral tradition that influenced later print narratives. We will transition to educational tracts from the seventeenth century and then move to the eighteenth century when authors began writing children's literature for both pedagogy and profit. The course moves to the poetry of William Blake, Christina Rossetti, and Robert Louis Stevenson, among others. The second half of the course treats the novel, and students should expect to read such texts as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Average GPA: 3.51
Grade distribution records: 210 students across 10 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A | 141 | 67.1% |
| B | 41 | 19.5% |
| C | 12 | 5.7% |
| D | 1 | 0.5% |
| F | 8 | 3.8% |
| W | 7 | 3.3% |
Based on 210 student grade records across 10 terms and 4 professors.
Instructors
- Clayton Tarr 142 students, Average GPA 3.52
- Lucy Arnold 23 students, Average GPA 2.90
- Paula Connolly 23 students, Average GPA 3.82
- Anita Moss 20 students, Average GPA 3.65