Plot
The tragedy that forces Babar to flee his home in the jungle.
What is the murder of Babar's mother by a hunter?
This is the title of Herbert Kohl's essay, which asks whether we should rethink or critique classic children's books.
What is Should We Burn Babar?
This Austrian neurologist developed the theory of "Screen Memories" that we used to explain Barbar's actions in this presentation.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
In de Brunhoff's book, this environment is seen as wild, dangerous, and uncivilized.
What is the jungle?
This human character takes Babar into her home and pays for his transformation.
Who is the Rich Old Lady?
Kohl argues that The Story of Babar isn't an innocent fairytale, but a defense of this political system.
What is colonialism?
According to Freud, a trivial memory (like buying a green suit) is used by the brain to hide a deeply painful trauma is called this.
What is a screen memory?
This mechanical device in the department store interests Babar so much that he rides it up and down ten times.
What is the elevator?
This is the specific color of the suit Babar buys at the department store to look like a human gentleman.
What is green?
According to Kohl, the story makes unfair power dynamics look normal to children by completely ignoring these narrative elements of story telling.
What are emotional transitions?
This theorist argued that children are at peace when experiencing "cosmic solitude" away from adult rules.
Who is Gaston Bachelard?
This academic figure is hired by the Rich Old Lady to shape Babar into a proper, educated citizen.
Who is the professor/tutor?
Instead of walking on four legs like a normal elephant, Babar learns to walk in this specific way after entering the town.
What is on his two hind legs?
Kohl tells a story about a Native American student named Daniel who faced punishment for speaking out against this classic book series.
What is The Little House on the Prairie?
Gilles Deleuze used this term to describe the paths children take when they wander, which is opposite to strict school schedules.
What are trajectories?
When Babar's cousins, Arthur and Celeste, find him in the town, this is the first thing Babar does for them to make them look civilized.
What is buy them clothes?
Babar is crowned King of the elephants immediately after returning to the jungle for this specific reason.
What is because the old King died from eating a poisonous mushroom?
True or False: Kohl's main goal is to have problematic books banned and removed from school libraries.
What is False? (He wants students to learn critical literacy and read them critically.)
Freud used this term to describe a child's psychological fantasy where they imagine replacing their normal, everyday parents with wealthier, more powerful caretakers (like the Rich Old Lady).
What is the "Family Romance"?
To make it back to the forest quickly at the end of the book, Arthur and Celeste’s mothers travel to the town using this specific animalistic method.
What is running on all four legs?