Info Session for Walls 2 Bridges Course
Info Session for Walls 2 Bridges Course ENGL-3118-490: Topics in Fiction for Young People
Thursday, July 11, 12:30-1:30 pm in 2C15
Walls to Bridges courses connect incarcerated and campus-enrolled students to study together within the prison walls. Special teaching methods are deployed to ensure that both groups learn as equals.
Students must participate in a short interview in order to register for this course.
More information about the Walls to Bridges program at the University of Winnipeg can be found here: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/walls-to-bridges/index.html
In ENGL-3118-490, we examine varieties of narratives produced for children and adolescents from the end of the 19th century to the present. We explore narrative structures and strategies, as well as theories of children’s literature. In Fall term, the course focuses on animal tales, from the British fables and nonsense poetry of the 19th century to contemporary middle-grade novels featuring animal characters.
No prior experience with literature, including children’s literature, is required to take this course, and Permission Waivers will be given to successful applicants who lack the prerequisites. All classes take place in person at Stony Mountain Institution. Transportation is not provided by the university, so students are advised to organize car pools. If you do not have a vehicle, consider coming out the information session anyway; there are usually enough vehicles in the class to ensure everybody can get out to SMI. It takes approximately 30 minutes to drive to SMI from the UW main campus.
Interested students who are unable to attend the info session should contact Heather Snell at h.snell@uwinnipeg.ca.