English 2033E Lecture Notes - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Tabula Rasa, Bildungsroman
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Children"s lit sept 12 th , 2013. Sinfulness is something you"re born with (because of adam and eve) Adults ought to be morally superior to children because they have had more time to learn morality training etc. Children come into this world with a predisposition of sin. Didactic serves a purpose of teaching moral teaching obedience. The exhortation of a father to his children robert smith (d. 1555) Reminding children of their mortality part of religious teaching being prepared to face. You need to be morally & spiritually prepared to die in the right way such that you go to heaven. Innocence absence of certain types of experience. Power of children"s literature to form early impressions. Bildungsroman a novel that traces the development of a character from childhood to adulthood. Society and civilization are the corrupting forces. 1807 william wordsworth ode: intimations of immortality . Perhaps the soul exists in heaven prior to our birth.