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Scrumdiddlyumptious stories: reflections and reinforcements of ideological structures in Roald Dahl's books for children
Description
Roald Dahl's books for children have often been characterized as deviating from "normal" plots in books for children because they feature elements and themes (e.g., violence, crude/rude behavior and humor, inversions of authority) that make representatives of the dominant culture (parents, school officials, teachers, librarians, etcetera) uncomfortable. Rather than view the stories holistically, challengers are quick to latch on to the specific incidents within these texts that cause discomfort, and use the particular as grounds to object to the whole. A deeper, and more critical, look reveals that instead of straying from established elements and themes in children's stories, Dahl's works have much in common with fairy tales--narratives that have endured in multiple iterations and over millennia. As with fairy tales, Dahl's stories for children offer readers ways to interpret--to make sense of and derive meaning from--their lives, while reflecting and reinforcing the ideological structures (family, appropriate behavior, capitalism) within which we find ourselves.
Date Created
2013
Contributors
- Roy, Sohinee (Author)
- Blasingame, James (Thesis advisor)
- Goggin, Maureen Daly (Committee member)
- Moulton, Ian F. (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
ii, 53 p
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.18788
Statement of Responsibility
by Sohinee Roy
Description Source
Viewed on Oct. 17, 2013
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2013
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-53)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: English
System Created
- 2013-10-08 04:25:05
System Modified
- 2021-08-30 01:38:08
- 2 years 7 months ago
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