What role does fantasy play in the intellectual development of children and how does literature contribute to it?
1. Children are imprintable individuals and can be taught morals. Illustrate this statement with reference to at least two texts we have studied. 2. Choose any of the contemporary children’s authors we have studied and discuss their work in the context of contemporary culture. 3. What affinities are there between Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and surrealist paintings? 4. How are the possibilities of language multiplied and expanded in Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky? Illustrate your answer with specific examples from Jabberwocky. 5. L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is often considered as the first American fantasy story. What makes the story distinctly American? 6. What role does fantasy play in the intellectual development of children and how does literature contribute to it?
