EN 3636 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bildungsroman
Document Summary
Boy"s books: books for girls have moral introspection, treasure island is fast paced, girls books indoors, domestic settings, boys books openness, adventure, liberation, boys rewarded for disobedience, disobedience not used to teach moral lesson. Historical background: women in the domestic realm, men in the public realm, after 19th century, autonomy was encouraged for boys, but obedience still applied to girls, autonomy is connected to imperialist ideologies. Imperialism: need to distinguish between ideology and action of imperialism: action: imperialism is the practice of extending the power, control of rule by one country over areas outside its borders. The areas so controlled or ruled may be called part of the country"s empire: attitude: imperialism is the attitude of superiority, domination or the subordination of foreign people. Treasure island and the rise of the british empire: new models/ideals of the boy, socialization of boys to help build empire, adventure stories/boys literature dominate.
