One of the larger topics we've discussed in class is if/how a work is didactic. What moral or practical lessons are presented? how do the stories reinforce the status quo or challenge it?
To write this piece, research on the time period of the literature would be necessary, as well as a comparison to how the moral/lesson is translated to film (successfully or unsuccessfully). In addition, the author's history would be instrumental in examining the moral lessons (or lack thereof) present in the text/film.
Major texts to draw from:
Alice in Wonderland
- victorian england
- dodgson/carroll as a schoolteacher
- satire used to teach critical thinking
- cartoon doesn't carry over the underlying message/the focus of the cartoon is not on satire
Peter Pan
- edwardian england
- role of women in society
- reinforces status quo
- film plays it straight; moral lesson carried over quite well
Narnia
- lewis as a christian
- text as didactic
- moral lesson carried over quite well
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