English 2033E Lecture 4: Children's Literature Lecture 4 - Sept 29

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 2033E
• Professor: Gabrielle Ceraldi

Document Summary

Jo going to the theatre with laurie: reality keeps intruding, she"s reminded of her sisters specifically amy, who she is reminded of by looking at the queen"s blonde curls, because she just fought with. No magic, conflict with external villain, scenes set in moral goodness instead: mundane, ordinary lives. Pays attention to the ordinary and not the fantastical. Alcott employs realism, which is eventually represented as a moral duty for the woman writer: it is morally acceptable to publish works like this as a woman. Realist/domestic novel about the ordinary aspects of a woman"s life. The opening line ( christmas won"t be christmas without any presents ) evokes interest in all the readers (children, adults: an impulse toward complaint that is morally problematic recognized by beth. Chapter four burdens: each girl wants something they don"t have burdensome, supposed to be learning to be content with the lives they have, marmee drives the lesson home.