ENG 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Visual Angle, Unreliable Narrator, Didacticism
13 Feb 2017
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The text assumes a reader who knows/doesn"t know . The text assumes that the reader needs . Critical reading - not tearing apart text. Rather, looking at text on a deeper level to understand its messages. Children"s literature is too simple and obvious to be read critically. Sometimes true (also true for some adult fiction) From a business standing, adults are the target market so the books must appeal to them in some aspect. Children"s literature is pure, innocent, and uncontroversial. Controversial because of the topic of same sex couples (at their time) Critical analysis takes the fun out of reading children"s literature. Even though the target audience is children, it is also adults to a certain extent. In terms of buying books as well as being the reader (to young children) Green eggs and ham contains 50 words. Simple wording does not = simple story. Didacticism and the lessons of children"s literature.
