碩士 / 銘傳大學 / 應用英語學系碩士在職專班 / 107 / This thesis explores the phenomenon of “nonsense literature for children” through the works of two prominent authors, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, as known as Lewis Carroll and Theodor Seuss Geisel, as known as Dr. Seuss. Naturally taking a comparative approach, the study is not limited to comparison but it also investigates the timing of the aforementioned authors and their success. Timing has twofold interpretation: the first is the examination from historical background, as in the research on Lewis Carroll and Dr. Seuss; the second aims the phase of children’s language development, noting the importance nonsense literature plays for children to master a language. This thesis builds off research in the fields of English, education, and cultural anthropology while sidestepping various abstract concepts such as postcolonialism, translation theory, hidden adult theory, Nietzsche and Freud.
This thesis begins with a brief statement of our research interests, including references to children’s enjoyment of the absurd, whether on television, in play, or in reading. Next we review some existing literature on the subject, exploring the arguments of some other scholars and education authorities, pointing to gaps in the literature which make our study more feasible. In this section we argue that the material produced by other scholars is either insufficient, irrelevant, impractical, or not useful for our own research. In our main discussion section, we consider the authors Carroll and Seuss in a traditional comparison/contrast platform while hoping to gain new insights into their popularity. At all times during our discussion, we keep in mind that our subject matter is children, and when they benefit from nonsensical engagement.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/107MCU01240005 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | LIN, HSUAN-CHEN, 林軒辰 |
| Contributors | CHANG, CHI-YU, 張其羽 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 98 |
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