Vanessa Carles – Student Number: 64948722 CHL2601 – Unique number: 682851
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
CHL2601
Vanessa Carles
Student number: 64948722
Assignment 2
Unique number: 682851
Due date: 7 July 2020
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,Vanessa Carles – Student Number: 64948722 CHL2601 – Unique number: 682851
Contents
Question 1 Page 3
Question 2 Page 4 to 5
Question 3 Page 5
Question 4 Page 6
Question 5 Page 7 to 10
Bibliography Page 10
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, Vanessa Carles – Student Number: 64948722 CHL2601 – Unique number: 682851
Question 1
1.1) Children’s Literature:
Material written and produced and accompanying illustrations for the information or
entertainment of children and young adults. It includes all non-fiction, literary and
artistic genres and physical formats. It involves ideas, relationships and language that
are often seen as simple to teach a child a moral lesson. Children’s literature denotes
for example, ideas related to stories, poetry, rhymes, folk tales, and drama,
exclusively created for children as the targed audience.
1.2) Context:
Context refers to the circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting. Knowing
more about the context of something helps to understand how it came about and
what it is refering to, it is the information surrounding the information. Without
context, information can be misinterpreted; with context, information can be
understood. For example, understanding literary context in the Bible is a big step
towards interpreting the Bible accurately. When you know the literary context of the
verse you are studying, you will better grasp the passage as a whole. The literary
context gives you a better understanding of what the author is intending to say. This
increases your chances of accurately interpreting the message.
1.3) Emergent Literacy:
This term is used to describe the knowledge a child has of reading and writing before
reaching the age where those skills are formally taught. For example, despite an
inability to read or to write, many children are exposed to these skills from an early
age, with bedtime stories to speaking skills, interpreting a story through pictures
rather than text, use of invented spelling and scribbling are all part of preparing a
child to read and write in the future.
1.4) Africanisation:
Africanisation refers to the adaption of literature, text and language to the physical
and cultural realities of the African environment. For example, for many years
children’s stories have been published in English and Afrikaans, languages mostly
spoken by a minority of our population. Children whose home languages are not
English and Afrikaans are still largely denied enjoying books in their home languages
as very few books are published and available in African languages. This poses a
challenge for establishing a good foundation for children to learn to read, write and
simply enjoy stories in their home languages.
1.5) Genres:
Genre is a category of composition in literature. In other words, it refers to the type
of style or writing the content has. For example, literary genres are characterised
into four main genres: poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction.
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CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
CHL2601
Vanessa Carles
Student number: 64948722
Assignment 2
Unique number: 682851
Due date: 7 July 2020
1
,Vanessa Carles – Student Number: 64948722 CHL2601 – Unique number: 682851
Contents
Question 1 Page 3
Question 2 Page 4 to 5
Question 3 Page 5
Question 4 Page 6
Question 5 Page 7 to 10
Bibliography Page 10
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, Vanessa Carles – Student Number: 64948722 CHL2601 – Unique number: 682851
Question 1
1.1) Children’s Literature:
Material written and produced and accompanying illustrations for the information or
entertainment of children and young adults. It includes all non-fiction, literary and
artistic genres and physical formats. It involves ideas, relationships and language that
are often seen as simple to teach a child a moral lesson. Children’s literature denotes
for example, ideas related to stories, poetry, rhymes, folk tales, and drama,
exclusively created for children as the targed audience.
1.2) Context:
Context refers to the circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting. Knowing
more about the context of something helps to understand how it came about and
what it is refering to, it is the information surrounding the information. Without
context, information can be misinterpreted; with context, information can be
understood. For example, understanding literary context in the Bible is a big step
towards interpreting the Bible accurately. When you know the literary context of the
verse you are studying, you will better grasp the passage as a whole. The literary
context gives you a better understanding of what the author is intending to say. This
increases your chances of accurately interpreting the message.
1.3) Emergent Literacy:
This term is used to describe the knowledge a child has of reading and writing before
reaching the age where those skills are formally taught. For example, despite an
inability to read or to write, many children are exposed to these skills from an early
age, with bedtime stories to speaking skills, interpreting a story through pictures
rather than text, use of invented spelling and scribbling are all part of preparing a
child to read and write in the future.
1.4) Africanisation:
Africanisation refers to the adaption of literature, text and language to the physical
and cultural realities of the African environment. For example, for many years
children’s stories have been published in English and Afrikaans, languages mostly
spoken by a minority of our population. Children whose home languages are not
English and Afrikaans are still largely denied enjoying books in their home languages
as very few books are published and available in African languages. This poses a
challenge for establishing a good foundation for children to learn to read, write and
simply enjoy stories in their home languages.
1.5) Genres:
Genre is a category of composition in literature. In other words, it refers to the type
of style or writing the content has. For example, literary genres are characterised
into four main genres: poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction.
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