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What was the mid 1800s American belief that L. Frank Baum questioned and then helped inspire him to write The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
The Manifest Destiny
What world event is reflected and critiqued through Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle?
Iraq War
When was the "Golden Age" of Hollywood
1930s
How is the "strangeness in the ordinary?" usually described?
Uncanny/"The Uncanny"
(Go to 3-200)
In 1991, Japan's economic bubble bursts, and in so began affecting a lot of children and literature, including Spirited Away. What is the official term used for this post-bubble period?
The Lost Decade
Which of the Ideological State Apparatuses (Althusser) does "Children's Literature" fall under?
Culture
Sigmund Freud gave a few examples in his work of what he considered "uncanny." Name one!
"the idea of being robbed of one's eyes,” dolls, or wax figures
John Locke considered children's minds like "a blank slate". What was this concept called?
The Tabula Rasa
What is the phrase used to explain how readers accept magic, talking animals, conflicts, etc. to be natural?
Suspension of Disbelief
What are the two components or parts of the "icon"?
Sign/Symbol and Signifier/meaning placed onto symbol
What "type" (description/word) of animal did Jean-Jacque Rousseau say makes animals relatable to people?
Pitiful or Suffering Animals
Who first coined the term “fairy tale” or “Le Conte de fees,” and wrote stories especially for "sophisticated" young women?
Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
List 5 of the 8 Ideological State Apparatuses that can influence our ideals/beliefs.
Culture, Religion, Family, Politics, Communications, Education, Legal, Trade Union
(Go to B-200)
List 5 Dramatis Personae or Propp’s character types.
Hero, Object, Villain, Magical Helper, Donor, Dispatcher, False Hero
Define and give 1 example of intertextuality (from the course).
The relationship and interrelationship between texts.
An example:
Ponyo being related to The Little Mermaid (mentioned in ads, people relating it to Disney's) / The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Over the Garden Wall
List the four (4) aspects of Mise-en-scene
Lighting, Staging, Costume/Make-Up, and Setting
Children's Literature tends to often adapt other genres or stories, such as fairy tales. Name 3 adaptation strategies, and a text or texts that use those adaptation strategies.
(Dependent on the answer)
Ex. Three adaptation strategies include role reversals, change in medium, and modernizations. These three strategies can be seen in The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig (role reversal in animals, picture book, and use of modern items like TNT + security cameras)
The Romanticism era was a very important time and shift in regards to Children's Literature. Lists 3 key elements of the Romantic-Era fairy tale. Give an example of a romantic-era fairy tale from class and (verbally) explain in what ways it fits the Romantic-Era period/themes?
Focused on feeling, emotion (over reason), beauty of nature, spiritualism (religion)...
(Second wave) - A draw to nationalism + pride in one’s nation. Focused on imagination and creativity
[+supernatural, fantastic, etc.]
Within class we've discussed how J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan reiterates heteronormative and binary gender performances. Using Peter Pan, what were the characteristics of heteronormative and hegemonic femininity and masculinity seen within the text? List at least 3 traits for each.
Femininity: Mother/caretaker, storyteller, jealous, "too clever," wear dresses
Masculinity: Immature/child-like, breadwinner, possessive, violent, rebellious
List at least 3 different "Pleasures of Children's Literature" (Nodelman), and (verbally) give an example of a situation or how a text uses one of those pleasures.
The Pleasure of... Experiencing sounds and images in and for themselves, Words themselves, Having one's emotions evoked, Making use of repertoire or knowledge of comprehension, Recognizing gaps in repertoire and learning Escape, Story, Storytelling, Structure, One's awareness, Understanding, gaining insight into history, recognizing forms and genres, formula, newness, seeing through literatures, etc.