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The Role of Critical Literacy in Challenging the Status Quo in Twentieth Century English Children’S Literature
The University of Southern Mississippi The Aquila Digital Community Dissertations Summer 8-2018 The Role of Critical Literacy in Challenging the Status Quo in Twentieth Century English Children’s Literature Rene Fleischbein University of Southern Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations Recommended Citation Fleischbein, Rene, "The Role of Critical Literacy in Challenging the Status Quo in Twentieth Century English Children’s Literature" (2018). Dissertations. 1556. https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1556 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE ROLE OF CRITICAL LITERACY IN CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO IN TWENTIETH CENTURY ENGLISH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE by René Elizabeth Fleischbein A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate School, the College of Arts and Letters and the Department of English at The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Approved by: Dr. Jameela Lares, Committee Chair Dr. Eric Tribunella Dr. Katherine Cochran Dr. Damon Franke Dr. Farah Mendlesohn ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Dr. Jameela Lares Dr. Luis Iglesias Dr. Karen S. Coats Committee Chair Department Chair Dean of the Graduate School August 2018 COPYRIGHT BY René Elizabeth Fleischbein 2018 Published by the Graduate School ABSTRACT Although many children’s literature critics focus on the two divides between instruction and delight and between the fantastic and the realist, this dissertation focuses on the occurrences in twentieth century English children’s fantasy of critical literacy, a mode of reading that challenges the status quo of society and gives voice to underrepresented and marginalized groups.
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