ENG 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Visual Angle, Unreliable Narrator, Victim Blaming
25 Feb 2017
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Targeted to children does not necessarily mean read by children (or vice versa) What books children want to read themselves is constrained. Family shows that split the narrative between kids and adults. Young adult novels (ages 12 and up or 14 and up) Under the assumption that all kids progress the same in reading ability. The text assumes a reader who knows/doesn"t know . The text assumes that the reader needs . Reading critically: not about tearing things apart, but figuring out what the text is inviting us to accept about the world/get us to think about. Children"s literature is too simple and obvious to be read critically. The berenstain bears- go to the doctor. The berenstain bears- thank god for good health (faith based) Children"s literature is pure, innocent, and uncontroversial. Critical analysis takes the fun out of reading children"s literature. Didacticism and the lessons of children"s literature.
