ENGL-3002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cautionary Tale, Semiotics, Edward Lear
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Why does the author speak to the narrator directly: parent to a child. All the poems are original and usually contemporary. Doesn"t really adapt and transcend to us. Childhood is often idealized: criticism of childhood. Outing with henry liddell family: alice"s adventures in wonderland. Carroll never married and never had children. Photographs of dead family members as a memento. Photos of concealed mother, and that"s why the children can stay still. How would you compare to little riding hood. Making up stories and tales that don"t have a moral. A lot of the things that told to kids. In wonderland= logic= different than now, lewis plays with. Used to a certain kind of story, bored. Didactic poems= boring, teach you how to do good things so you can account for everything you did. Trying to have fun with language and playing around with them. Owen"s execution orders is parallel to the empty threads parents make to control children"s behaviours.
