dc.contributor.author	White, Asia
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-03T16:40:47Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-03T16:40:47Z
dc.date.issued	2021-11
dc.identifier.other	DBE1FF96-AAE7-F293-47EB-E9C5C8A31562	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/5357
dc.description.abstract	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871) have been continuously read and analyzed since their publications. Critics have done a considerable amount of research on the novels, yet that research has not fully recognized the growth of Alice as a Bildungsroman over the course of both novels. Critics have emphasized Carroll's ability to satirize the era, Alice's contribution to feminism, and a plethora of other critical analysis; yet very little emphasis has been put on the development of Alice through the course of the novels. Some critics have mentioned Alice's identity development, or the lack thereof, which fails to fully accept the Alice novels as a Bildungsroman due to her young age. However, Alice's development throughout both novels, while including identity development, also includes social skills, self-confidence, and a plethora of other defining traits that make these novels interesting candidates for a Bildungsroman. In three chapters, this paper explicitly identifies the characteristics of Bildungsroman used to analyze Alice, followed by an analysis of her development in both imaginary worlds of Wonderland and Looking-Glass. Keywords: Bildungsroman, Alice, Wonderland, Looking-Glass, Coming of age	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Chapter I: Curiouser and Curiouser: A Not So Typical Bildungsroman 8 -- A. An Overview of the Bildungsroman 8 -- B. An Overview Alice's Bildungsroman 18 -- Chapter II: “Who are you?”: Alice's Development through Wonderland as a Bildungsroman 23 -- A. Alice's Evidence: Alice in the Context of the Bildungsroman 23 -- B. “What size do you want to be?: A Changing Alice 28 -- Chapter III: Queen Alice: Alice's Final Stages of Development in Through the Looking-Glass as -- A Bildungsroman 41 -- A. “It's my own Invention”: Alice in the Context of the Bildungsroman .41 -- B. Contrariwise: Alice's Development 48 -- Works Cited 62	en_US
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dc.subject	Academic theses	en_US
dc.subject	Alice (Fictitious character from Carroll)	en_US
dc.subject	Alice's adventures in Wonderland (Carroll, Lewis)	en_US
dc.subject	Bildungsromans	en_US
dc.subject	Through the looking-glass (Carroll, Lewis)	en_US
dc.title	Grow Up Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass Read as a Bildungsroman	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of English of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Young, Brett
dc.description.committee	Greenfield, Anne
dc.description.committee	LaPlant, James T.
dc.description.degree	M.A.	en_US
dc.description.major	English	en_US