📘 Alice enters a world where ordinary rules stop holding
Bored beside her sister, Alice follows a White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole.
What you’ll learn
- Through WonderlandFollow Alice from the rabbit-hole through language games, size changes, and the Queen's arbitrary court.Wonderland tests identity and language when ordinary rules stop holding.
- Why the book lastsConnect the dream's questions to the book's manuscript, illustration, and revision history.Alice leaves readers alert to rules, names, and who benefits when confusion is called order.
Questions this course answers
What makes Alice’s identity uncertain in Wonderland?
The bottle, cake, and mushroom repeatedly alter her height and make her ask whether she is still herself.
What does the Caucus-race show?
Everyone runs in a circle and everyone wins, making competition look like an empty ritual.
How does the Queen’s court use power?
The court performs justice while the Queen’s demands and threats determine the outcome.
What should readers understand about the book’s nonsense?
Carroll’s jokes depend on recognizable language and institutions being pushed into unexpected forms.
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