EN201 Lecture Notes - Postcolonialism
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Children"s literature: the idea that something is grotesque derives from cultural perceptions of what constitutes a normal body: symmetrical, self contained and proportioned according to the size and shape fashionable in a particular time and place, peter and iona opie the lore and language of schoolchildren, were fascinated with the rituals, expressions and laws children make up amongst themselves, researched the rituals and expressions of 5000 children in schools and streets al over the united kingdom, as bakhtin explains, a key feature of carnivalesque is that it provides temporary liberation from the prevailing truth and from the established order. here, established order = adult, social order, liberation through symbolic inversion a behavior or activity that inverts, contradicts, undermines, or presents an alternative to status quo social codes, values and norms e. g. grotesque, satire/parody, burlesque/gender play, games of order and disorder (sutton smith, there is an assumption that socialization involves passive mimicry of others.