EN201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Little Red Riding Hood, Millicent Sowerby, Walter Crane
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Need to look at historical time of the text you choose. Scholars and practitioners concerned with young people and their literature can acquire a greater understanding of that literature and its role in the lives of children by studying both the history of childhood and the history of children"s literature. People took for granted of the difference between the experience of childhood and adulthood. His observation showed us that children are mini-adults. Ex, a picture of a little girl dressed like an adult, her face reflects more like an adult than a child. Ex, in 17th and 18th century family portraits, adults make children dress into little version of themselves. Children (boys and girls) were dressed in dresses and gowns until 7 years old. But as the years go by, children are more child-like. Other historians challenge his findings by looking into other historical resources.
