What Words Can Do: Analyzing Adult/Child Relations in Narratives of Literature and Psychosocial Theory

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dc.contributor.advisorBritzman, Deborah P.
dc.creatorAngus, Lucille Kathleen
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-10T17:17:33Z
dc.date.available2014-07-10T17:17:33Z
dc.date.copyright2013-09-24
dc.date.issued2014-07-09
dc.date.updated2014-07-09T16:04:34Z
dc.degree.disciplineEducation
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMEd - Master of Education
dc.description.abstractThis thesis enters into an analysis of adult/child relations by looking closely at affective social and historical representations of childhood. It asks, how to characterize the self-other relation when the subject is a child. This work is composed of thematic close readings of three primary texts: Piera Aulagnier (2001) introduces the child as being, Jacqueline Rose (1992) presents the enigmatic child, and Carolyn Steedman (1994) traces the spectacle of the child. This thesis grapples with the being of the child, beginning by exploring infancy as a state of dependency that marks growth. I examine the child’s vulnerability that precedes speech and discuss how imperceptible traces of that state intersect with the child’s introduction to symbolization and the words adults use to represent childhood. I turn to examine forms of childhood shaped through fantastical, cultural and historical narratives, questioning the place of the child and adult within those representations.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/27579
dc.language.isoenen_US
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dc.subjectEarly childhood educationen_US
dc.subjectLanguageen_US
dc.subjectLiteratureen_US
dc.subject.keywordsUse your wordsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDependenceen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPsychosocial Developmenten_US
dc.subject.keywordsPeter Panen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDon Juanen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPsychoanalysisen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLiteratureen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNarrativeen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLanguage Acquisitionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsInfancyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEducationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPedagogyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSociology of Educationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsHistories of Childhooden_US
dc.subject.keywordsAdult/Child Relationsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSelfen_US
dc.subject.keywordsWordsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSpeechen_US
dc.subject.keywordsObject Relationsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDevelopmental Theoryen_US
dc.subject.keywordsVulnerabilityen_US
dc.subject.keywordsChildhooden_US
dc.subject.keywordsChilden_US
dc.subject.keywordsTeachingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLearningen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Constructionsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMignonen_US
dc.subject.keywordsGoetheen_US
dc.subject.keywordsFantasyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsWishen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPromiseen_US
dc.subject.keywordsChildhood Promiseen_US
dc.subject.keywordsAffecten_US
dc.subject.keywordsEmotional Worlden_US
dc.subject.keywordsRepresentationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsChildren's Fictionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsChildren's Literatureen_US
dc.subject.keywordsRepetitionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsRepressionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsUnconsciousen_US
dc.subject.keywordsInteriorityen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPsycheen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPrimal Processen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPrimary Processen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSecondary Processen_US
dc.subject.keywordsJacqueline Roseen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPiera Aulagnieren_US
dc.subject.keywordsCarolyn Steedmanen_US
dc.subject.keywordsAdam Phillipsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDeborah Britzmanen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSigmund Freuden_US
dc.subject.keywordsInterpretationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsViolence of Interpretationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsChild Acrobaten_US
dc.subject.keywordsEmbodied Languagesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsChild's Languagesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMultiple Literatesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsFictionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNeverlanden_US
dc.subject.keywordsAestheticsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDifficulty of Learningen_US
dc.subject.keywordsFamily Relationsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMother's Anguishen_US
dc.subject.keywordsShock of Parentingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsReadingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsInherited Languageen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEmotional Worlden_US
dc.subject.keywordsTeacher's Vulnerabilitiesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDemanden_US
dc.titleWhat Words Can Do: Analyzing Adult/Child Relations in Narratives of Literature and Psychosocial Theoryen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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