Fern Farmer
A2 English Language
Introduction:
My chosen investigation is to explore the ways in which children books portray gender through the use of language looking at a selection of children books from the 20th and 21st centuries for readers aged 7-10. I will be looking at whether there are any common features within the language used. For example I will be looking at whether the female characters within the books typically use language features such as phatic language, intensifiers and empty adjectives. In order to explore this investigation topic further I will create a comparison with how language is used to represent male characters in order to reach a conclusion as to how book publishers and as a result society depicts gender. Not only will this be my key element but I will also be looking at whether the language authors use today has changed in order to move with the ever changing norms of society. I will particularly be looking at the written speech in the books in order to compare the ways children books create an ‘ideal figure’ of the two genders for a young age group.
Methodology:
For this investigation, I gathered data from two fictional books published in 1973 and 1992 …show more content…
For example within Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, there is a large amount of positive and upbeat mood running throughout the story. In comparison to this, in The Suitcase Kid, the mood running throughout has more of a negative tone, with the emphasis on suffering. The jokey tone established by exclamatives might not be so suited to the male characters. In short, I think CCF uses more exclamatives because of its more assertive male character and its jokey tone. These are arguably the stereotypical male attributes that an author like Roald Dahl, would wish to assign to his male characters , but in neither book is there the evidence of frequent outbursts of female emotion as you might
A2 English Language
Introduction:
My chosen investigation is to explore the ways in which children books portray gender through the use of language looking at a selection of children books from the 20th and 21st centuries for readers aged 7-10. I will be looking at whether there are any common features within the language used. For example I will be looking at whether the female characters within the books typically use language features such as phatic language, intensifiers and empty adjectives. In order to explore this investigation topic further I will create a comparison with how language is used to represent male characters in order to reach a conclusion as to how book publishers and as a result society depicts gender. Not only will this be my key element but I will also be looking at whether the language authors use today has changed in order to move with the ever changing norms of society. I will particularly be looking at the written speech in the books in order to compare the ways children books create an ‘ideal figure’ of the two genders for a young age group.
Methodology:
For this investigation, I gathered data from two fictional books published in 1973 and 1992 …show more content…
For example within Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, there is a large amount of positive and upbeat mood running throughout the story. In comparison to this, in The Suitcase Kid, the mood running throughout has more of a negative tone, with the emphasis on suffering. The jokey tone established by exclamatives might not be so suited to the male characters. In short, I think CCF uses more exclamatives because of its more assertive male character and its jokey tone. These are arguably the stereotypical male attributes that an author like Roald Dahl, would wish to assign to his male characters , but in neither book is there the evidence of frequent outbursts of female emotion as you might