EN 3174 Lecture Notes - Roald Dahl, Double Standard, Didacticism
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Cautionary tale, background detail and misc notes about ronald dahl. Dahl is considered one of most innovators writers in 21st century. After injured in royal air force, changed his focus to writing. His young 4-year old died, 7-year old died of measles, wife had a series of strokes (dahl) Opposite side of this: exploration of childhood personality. He also believed they could respond and change. Omnipresent sense of cynicism, violence, and cruelty along charlie"s heartwarming, innocent perspective of the world around him. Outside of his writing, dahl was both an intriguing and contradictory figure one of more controversial writers of 20th century as well. Linguistic craftsman interested in the delightfulness of language. Sometimes dahl is speaking directly to us, always stirring the pot, always complicating the dialogue between adult and child, humorously aggressive, slightly unpredictable, and all-the-while interested in finding some dynamic interaction between child and story itself. Worked for shell oil in east africa.
