CHILDHOOD REFLECTED IN VICTORIAN FICTION: “ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN

WONDERLAND”

CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION

1.1 The Victorian Age or the Years of Power and Danger

1.2 Victorian and Victorianism
1.3 Family Life in 19th century England

II. THE VICTORIAN AGE OR THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHILDREN’S

LITERATURE

2.1 Lewis Carroll or the Rise of Children’s Literature

2.1 a Lewis Carroll- Life and Work
2.1 b “Inventing Childhood “
2.2 The Cult of the Little Girl
2.3 Of Power, Public Schools, and Pedophilia

III. ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

3.1 Shape and Structure

3.2 Significance of Alice’s Journey
3.2 a Meanings of the Journey
III.2 b Education’s Role in Alice in Wonderland
3.2 c Victorian Hunger and Malnutrition in the novel
IV. THE GALLERY OF CHARACTERS IN ALICE IN WONDERLAND

4.1 Analysis of Major Characters

4.2 Other Characters

V. THEMES AND LANGUAGE IN ALICE IN WONDERLAND

5.1 Themes, motifs and symbols in the novel

5.1 a Themes
5.1 b Motifs
5.1 c Symbols

5.2 Lewis Carroll- master of the puns

5.2 a Language and Logic / Illogic
5.2 b Nonsense in the story
5.2 c Games and their role in the novel

VI. CHARLES DICKENS AND THE PLIGHT OF CHILDREN IN OLIVER TWIST

VII CHARLOTTE BRONTE’S JANE EYRE- A VICTORIAN CINDERELLA

VIII. INTEGRATING ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL

8.1 General Considerations

8.2 How to use literature ?
8.3 Stimulating pupils to read English literature

IX. WORKING WITH ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND TEXT

9.1 Understanding text

9.1 a Using films and cartoons in class
9.1 b Using drama activities
9.1 c Enhancing pupils’ imagination and creativity
9.2 Assessment techniques

X, CONCLUSIONS

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