Date of Award
4-2017
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
English: English Studies: M.A.
Department
English
College
College of Liberal Arts
First Advisor
Judith Dorn
Second Advisor
Sharon Cogdill
Third Advisor
Elizabeth Berila
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
Alice in Wonderland, Matilda, Roald Dahl, Lewis Carroll, Feminism, Empowerment, Power
Abstract
This research evaluates notions of empowerment, agency, and feminization found in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Roald Dahl’s Matilda. Current conversations about these texts fail to address the three-pronged relationship between author, character, and reader. Through close readings of the source texts, applying feminist theory to the texts, and examining the complex power relationships between author and character and author and reader, the research concludes that both Alice and Matilda are empowering stories.
Recommended Citation
Dickinson, Megan, "She Can Do It: Messages of Female Empowerment in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Roald Dahl’s Matilda" (2017). Culminating Projects in English. 89.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/engl_etds/89
Comments/Acknowledgements
To Henry and Clara: Thank you for being the best distractions
And to Matt: Thank you for everything else