This thesis will be focusing on modern authors' writings about and interpretations of childhood, primarily in Victorian England in the 18th and 19th century. This thesis aims to demonstrate a different concept of childhood that seeks to answer the question as to whether childhood is real or is just a bottom-line preparation for the real world. It also seeks to describe whether childhood improved with the introduction of different acts and legislation such as the Education Act. The books that were used in this thesis are: Victorian Childhood by Janet Sacks, A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Empire by Colin Heywood, and lastly Childhood and Death in Victorian England by Sarah Seaton.
Anotace v angličtině
This thesis will be focusing on modern authors' writings about and interpretations of childhood, primarily in Victorian England in the 18th and 19th century. This thesis aims to demonstrate a different concept of childhood that seeks to answer the question as to whether childhood is real or is just a bottom-line preparation for the real world. It also seeks to describe whether childhood improved with the introduction of different acts and legislation such as the Education Act. The books that were used in this thesis are: Victorian Childhood by Janet Sacks, A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Empire by Colin Heywood, and lastly Childhood and Death in Victorian England by Sarah Seaton.
Klíčová slova
Childhood, childhood in social classes, childhood in religion, childhood as a social construct, voice of modern authors
Klíčová slova v angličtině
Childhood, childhood in social classes, childhood in religion, childhood as a social construct, voice of modern authors
Rozsah průvodní práce
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Jazyk
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Anotace
This thesis will be focusing on modern authors' writings about and interpretations of childhood, primarily in Victorian England in the 18th and 19th century. This thesis aims to demonstrate a different concept of childhood that seeks to answer the question as to whether childhood is real or is just a bottom-line preparation for the real world. It also seeks to describe whether childhood improved with the introduction of different acts and legislation such as the Education Act. The books that were used in this thesis are: Victorian Childhood by Janet Sacks, A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Empire by Colin Heywood, and lastly Childhood and Death in Victorian England by Sarah Seaton.
Anotace v angličtině
This thesis will be focusing on modern authors' writings about and interpretations of childhood, primarily in Victorian England in the 18th and 19th century. This thesis aims to demonstrate a different concept of childhood that seeks to answer the question as to whether childhood is real or is just a bottom-line preparation for the real world. It also seeks to describe whether childhood improved with the introduction of different acts and legislation such as the Education Act. The books that were used in this thesis are: Victorian Childhood by Janet Sacks, A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Empire by Colin Heywood, and lastly Childhood and Death in Victorian England by Sarah Seaton.
Klíčová slova
Childhood, childhood in social classes, childhood in religion, childhood as a social construct, voice of modern authors
Klíčová slova v angličtině
Childhood, childhood in social classes, childhood in religion, childhood as a social construct, voice of modern authors
Zásady pro vypracování
This thesis will be focusing on the cultural, geographical, educational, and literary aspects of childhood in different eras. This thesis aims to show how the childhood of children has changed and perhaps has been far too adult-like. Books that I´ll be using in my thesis are: Victorian Childhood by Janet Sacks, Growing up in nineteenth-century Ireland by Mary Hatfield, Growing up in medieval London by Barbara A. Hanawalt, A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Empire by Colin Heywood and lastly Childhood and Death in Victorian England by Sarah Seaton.
Zásady pro vypracování
This thesis will be focusing on the cultural, geographical, educational, and literary aspects of childhood in different eras. This thesis aims to show how the childhood of children has changed and perhaps has been far too adult-like. Books that I´ll be using in my thesis are: Victorian Childhood by Janet Sacks, Growing up in nineteenth-century Ireland by Mary Hatfield, Growing up in medieval London by Barbara A. Hanawalt, A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Empire by Colin Heywood and lastly Childhood and Death in Victorian England by Sarah Seaton.
Seznam doporučené literatury
Online Bibliography
1. Austin, L. M. (2003). Children of Childhood: Nostalgia and the Romantic Legacy. Studies in Romanticism, 42(1), 75–98. https://doi.org/10.2307/25601604
2. Endr\ οdy-Nagy, O. (2016). Paintings and Illuminated Manuscripts as Sources of the History of Childhood: Conceptions of Childhood in the Renaissance. In A. Benedek & Á.Veszelszki (Eds.), In the Beginning was the Image: The Omnipresence of Pictures: Time,Truth, Tradition (pp. 91–100). Peter Lang AG. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv2t4cns.11
3. Hanawalt, B. A. (2002). Medievalists and the Study of Childhood. Speculum, 77(2), 440–460. https://doi.org/10.2307/3301328
4. KIBEL, A. C. (1974). Logic and Satire in "Alice in Wonderland.” The American Scholar, 43(4), 605–629. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41207248
5. Knoepflmacher, U. C. (1983). The Balancing of Child and Adult: An Approach to Victorian Fantasies for Children. Nineteenth-Century Fiction, 37(4), 497–530. https://doi.org/10.2307/3044681
6. Lang, M. (1980). Childhood’s Champions: Mid-Victorian Children’s Periodicals and the Critics. Victorian Periodicals Review, 13(1/2), 17–31. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20081920
7. NIC EOIN, M. (2012). From childhood vulnerability to adolescent delinquency: literary sources for the history of childhood in medieval Ireland. Studia Hibernica, 38, 9–35. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23645550
8. Saracho, O. N., & Spodek, B. (1995). CHILDREN’S PLAY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: INSIGHTS FROM HISTORY AND THEORY. The Journal of Education, 177(3), 129–148. http://www.jstor.org/stable/42742374
9. Snyder, E. M., & Deetz, J. (1989). Innocents in a Worldly World: Victorian Children’s Gravemarkers. In R. E. Meyer (Ed.), Cemeteries Gravemarkers (pp. 11–30). University Press of Colorado. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nqxw.7
10. Stearns, P. N., & Haggerty, T. (1991). The Role of Fear: Transitions in American Emotional Standards for Children, 1850-1950. The American Historical Review, 96(1), 63–94. https://doi.org/10.2307/2164018
11. Vann, R. T. (1982). The Youth of Centuries of Childhood. History and Theory, 21(2), 279–297. https://doi.org/10.2307/2505249
Books
Heywood, C. (2014). A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Empire (The Cultural Histories Series). Bloomsbury Academic.
Foyster, E., & Marten, J. (2012). A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Enlightenment (The Cultural Histories Series) (0 ed.). Berg Publishers.
Hatfield, M. (2019). Growing Up in Nineteenth-Century Ireland: A Cultural History of Middle-Class Childhood and Gender (Illustrated ed.). Oxford University Press.
Hanawalt, B. A. (1995). Growing Up in Medieval London: The Experience of Childhood in History (Reprint ed.). Oxford University Press.
Sacks, J. (2010). Victorian Childhood (Shire Library) (Illustrated ed.). Shire.
Seaton, S. (2017). Childhood and Death in Victorian England. Pen and Sword History.
Seznam doporučené literatury
Online Bibliography
1. Austin, L. M. (2003). Children of Childhood: Nostalgia and the Romantic Legacy. Studies in Romanticism, 42(1), 75–98. https://doi.org/10.2307/25601604
2. Endr\ οdy-Nagy, O. (2016). Paintings and Illuminated Manuscripts as Sources of the History of Childhood: Conceptions of Childhood in the Renaissance. In A. Benedek & Á.Veszelszki (Eds.), In the Beginning was the Image: The Omnipresence of Pictures: Time,Truth, Tradition (pp. 91–100). Peter Lang AG. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv2t4cns.11
3. Hanawalt, B. A. (2002). Medievalists and the Study of Childhood. Speculum, 77(2), 440–460. https://doi.org/10.2307/3301328
4. KIBEL, A. C. (1974). Logic and Satire in "Alice in Wonderland.” The American Scholar, 43(4), 605–629. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41207248
5. Knoepflmacher, U. C. (1983). The Balancing of Child and Adult: An Approach to Victorian Fantasies for Children. Nineteenth-Century Fiction, 37(4), 497–530. https://doi.org/10.2307/3044681
6. Lang, M. (1980). Childhood’s Champions: Mid-Victorian Children’s Periodicals and the Critics. Victorian Periodicals Review, 13(1/2), 17–31. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20081920
7. NIC EOIN, M. (2012). From childhood vulnerability to adolescent delinquency: literary sources for the history of childhood in medieval Ireland. Studia Hibernica, 38, 9–35. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23645550
8. Saracho, O. N., & Spodek, B. (1995). CHILDREN’S PLAY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: INSIGHTS FROM HISTORY AND THEORY. The Journal of Education, 177(3), 129–148. http://www.jstor.org/stable/42742374
9. Snyder, E. M., & Deetz, J. (1989). Innocents in a Worldly World: Victorian Children’s Gravemarkers. In R. E. Meyer (Ed.), Cemeteries Gravemarkers (pp. 11–30). University Press of Colorado. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nqxw.7
10. Stearns, P. N., & Haggerty, T. (1991). The Role of Fear: Transitions in American Emotional Standards for Children, 1850-1950. The American Historical Review, 96(1), 63–94. https://doi.org/10.2307/2164018
11. Vann, R. T. (1982). The Youth of Centuries of Childhood. History and Theory, 21(2), 279–297. https://doi.org/10.2307/2505249
Books
Heywood, C. (2014). A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Empire (The Cultural Histories Series). Bloomsbury Academic.
Foyster, E., & Marten, J. (2012). A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Enlightenment (The Cultural Histories Series) (0 ed.). Berg Publishers.
Hatfield, M. (2019). Growing Up in Nineteenth-Century Ireland: A Cultural History of Middle-Class Childhood and Gender (Illustrated ed.). Oxford University Press.
Hanawalt, B. A. (1995). Growing Up in Medieval London: The Experience of Childhood in History (Reprint ed.). Oxford University Press.
Sacks, J. (2010). Victorian Childhood (Shire Library) (Illustrated ed.). Shire.
Seaton, S. (2017). Childhood and Death in Victorian England. Pen and Sword History.