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ENGL 2980, Children’s Literature Quiz 2 September 11, 2013 Name: __________________________________________________________ Instructions: You will have 15 minutes to fill out the following chart and to provide a short answer to the question that follows it. The chart is worth 7 points and the written response is worth 3 points, for a total of 10 points. You may not use your textbook for this exercise. Table instructions: Place each of the following models of childhood into the box next to the definition that best describes it: The Romantic Child; The Sinful Child; The Sacred Child; The Working Child; The Child as Radically Other; The Developing Child; The Child as Miniature Adult. Model of Childhood Definition Sacred child “Children are understood as precious and fragile
aesthetic objects to admire rather than as practical tools. As such, they must be protected, watched, fussed over.”
Sinful child Children are “sinful and in need of discipline and training.”
Child as Miniature Adult Children can act “independently of adults and perform…roles more commonly attributed to adults.”
Romantic child Children are “purer and more virtuous than adults, closer to nature and God, and beautified by their naivete.”
Working child Children are “necessary and useful contributors to the household…, practical additions to families, and …sources of labor.”
Developing child Children are “immature or developing beings who are slowly moving toward adulthood in a mostly unbroken line.”
Child as radically other Children are “fundamentally and qualitatively different from adults.”
1. In Chapter 1 of Reading Children’s Literature, Hintz and Tribunella detail 7
historical models of childhood that have been “most prevalent in British and U.S. cultural history since the seventeenth century” (14). Select one of these models and write a paragraph in which you explain how this particular model of childhood might help to explain how children are depicted in your favorite children’s book, film, or TV show.
Successful answers went into some detail; in fact, if you took fewer than 10 minutes to complete the quiz, then you probably were not providing enough detail.