Childrens Literature Psychoanalysis Rose Jacqueline The Case of
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Children’s Literature & Psychoanalysis Rose, Jacqueline. The Case of Peter Pan. “Who is talking to whom? ”. 20 -41 2009. 10. 22 By Shing Er Wu
The Little White Bird U can get the full text here： http: //www. hoboes. com/html/Fire Blade/Barrie/Bird/
writing for children for • love and knowledge (before) • sexuality first & disturbance second (today) p. 20
The Little White Bird • It’s not for children J. M. Barrie’s vs. George Llewellyn Davies the narrator vs. David 1. act of love or holding the children ? p. 23 2. Barrie and the photos of the Davies’ boys p. 31 sexuality ? !?
• the sexual query 1. from “coming-to-be” to “where are babies from? ” p. 26 Peter Pan as a “Betwixt-and-Between” (nursery vs. the island of bird) p. 27 2. boys vs. girls：Maimie the girl ? ? p. 28 3. mothers –- wives --- Oedipal p. 36~37
turning of Peter Pen into a play • the immediacy and visibility is even harder to challenge p. 29 • the belief in fairies (the staging, the unconscious) p. 29 • Peter Pan as a story in The Little White Bird & it as a play (Barrie and the photos of the Davies’ boys) p. 29~31、 34 • children on the stage & children in the audiences p. 32 • representation p. 33 • nursery vs. Neverland p. 34~35
Who is talking；to whom • tales vs. stories • enunciation adult ─ children ； adult - - - adult
Questions Q：disturbance ? ? How did the concept of disturbance been applied in the article? Q ：the query of “death” ? Q ：the child outside the text? (Timothy, David, Peter Pan)
This is not a problem of acceptance but a process of understanding. Maybe !!
