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1	Oh, the things you can find (if only you analyze): a close textual analysis of Dr. Seuss' rhetoric for children Lange, Kendall N. January 1900 (has links) Master of Arts / Department of Communication Studies, Theatre, and Dance / Charles J. Griffin / This study seeks to discover the loci, or themes, within the post-World War II books of Theodor Geisel, whom generations of American readers came to know as “Dr. Seuss.” A prolific children's author and social activist, Dr. Seuss penned more than 40 children’s books during the period under investigation. After World War II, Seuss’ books began to merge social themes with his entertaining storylines and trademark illustrations. This thesis applies a methodology that draws from both close textual analysis and topically-oriented critical approaches in order to illuminate loci in 10 selected works. Through Cicero’s critical process of invention, relationships between arguments and loci are established. Analysis of these “message books” reveals the complex political and ideological themes present in Dr. Seuss’ texts while situating his work within a larger American rhetorical tradition of didactic children’s literature. loci close textual analysis rhetorical criticism Dr. Seuss topical approaches Theodor Geisel Speech Communication (0459)
2	The Use of Children’s Books as a Vehicle for Ideological Transmission Schneider, Chad Curtis 08 September 2009 (has links) No description available. American Literature American Studies Comparative Literature Education Education History Educational Theory Elementary Education Gender Language Arts Literacy Literature Philosophy Teaching education pedagogy Dr. Seuss Theodor Geisel ideology and pedagogy children's books and ideology children's literature moral education heterosexism postructuralism African American

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Oh, the things you can find (if only you analyze): a close textual analysis of Dr. Seuss' rhetoric for children

The Use of Children’s Books as a Vehicle for Ideological Transmission