CONSERVATIVE TRAITS

• PORTRAYS CHILDREN AS WE IMAGINE THEM TO BE, OUR COMMON ASSUMPTIONS
• TYPICAL CASE PROTOTYPE – CONTENT, STYLE
• DIDACTIC – TEACHES GOOD LESSONS
• ADULT CENTERED
• FORMAT: EXPLORATION, RETURN
• MONOLOGIC – SOUNDS LIKE FRIENDLY ADULT TELLING THE STORY

PROGRESSIVE TRAITS

• NOT THE TYPICAL CASE PROTOTYPE
• CHILD CENTERED
• NO DEUS EX MACHINA
• NO CLOSURE – BOOK DOESN’T END THE WAY WE WOULD EXPECT
• OPEN
• AMGIGUOUS
• DIALOGIC
• SELF REFERENTIAL, SELF REFLEXIVE
• MAKES FUN, A PARODY - DEFAMILIARIZING
• CARNIVALESQUE
• CHILD CHARACTERS EXAMINE THE VALUES OF ADULTS
• BOOK ENCOURAGES THE READER TO EXAMINE HOW THEY HAVE BEEN INTERPELLATED
• CHANGES THE WORLD, WORLD IS DIFFERENT AT END

CONSERVATIVE PROGRESSIVE SPECTRUM

CONTENT

1. CUTE CHILDREN LEARN LESSON FROM ADULT AUTHORITY

2. CUTE CHILDREN LEARN LESSON ON THEIR OWN

3. NO CLEAR LESSON, BUT LESSON IS SUBTLE, HAVE TO READ

CLOSELY

4. AMBIGUOUS – DIFFICULT ISSUE THAT READER HAS TO WRESTLE

WITH

5. COMPLEX CHILD QUESTIONS ADULTS

6. COMPLEX CHILD CHALLENGES ADULTS

7. ADULT AND CHILD ROLES ARE ENTIRELY REVERSED

8. ADULTS AND CHILDREN ARE PEERS, EQUAL HUMAN BEINGS

LEARNING ABOUT LIFE TOGETHER

STYLE

1. SIMPLE STYLE, CONVEYING STRAIGHTFORWARD MESSAGE

2. SEEMINGLY SIMPLE STYLE, BUT MORE COMPLEX THE MORE YOU

LOOK AT IT

3. INVENTIVE VIBRANT STYLE – YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO MEDITATE

ON THE IMAGES TO NOTICE EVERYTHING

4. UNUSUAL STYLE THAT MAKES THE BOOK NOTICEABLE

5. THE STYLE OF THE BOOK CHALLENGES ALL OF OUR EXPECTATIONS,

OFTEN CONNECTED WITH THE THEME OF THE BOOK