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Post by monsieurbunbun on May 19, 2009 19:46:56 GMT -5
Hello! I'm doing a school project on Lewis Carroll as a poet and reflecting the theme of displacement and the other, I have read shortly two biographies but I can't seem to find anything about his life that would fit in the theme of "displacement."
I originally outlined his religion and wealth as a form of possible causes of displacement, a social constraint, but I an unable to find any proof.
Can you help me please and suggests themes of displacement in Lewis Carrol's life?
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Post by GoetzKluge on May 20, 2009 19:31:30 GMT -5
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Post by monsieurbunbun on May 20, 2009 20:34:14 GMT -5
No, that is entirely different. The displacement that I am speaking of is related to the characterization of "The Other" in literature. The Other is a character in literature that is perceived as different because they do not fit the main stream ideal. This is the result of "social constraints" which hinder them from being accepted in society, resulting in their separation from society. A common example is racism, labeling someone different based on skin color. My project requires me to find one social constraint that affected Lewis Carroll which resulted in him being ostracized, displaced, from society. Social constraints can be the result of their: gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, wealth status, mental issues, ability/disability, image issues, or political views. However, from the research that I have so far done, I find that Lewis Carroll most likely had the social constraint based on his wealth (socio-economic status) and ability/disability (stammering ?). I seem to be unable to pin point how these could have been his social constraint. I was thinking it maybe his political views were a social constraint as well but I have yet to research that. Can you help me if my assumptions that Lewis Carroll had a social constraint based on his wealth or ability/disability is correct, or is there a more likely social constraint? Please, thank you.
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Post by GoetzKluge on May 21, 2009 11:29:52 GMT -5
...My project requires me to find one social constraint that affected Lewis Carroll which resulted in him being ostracized, displaced, from society. ... I hope, your project allows you, to find that Carroll has not been significantly (more than the average conflicts) "displaced" from society. I am not a "Carrollian", but I got the feeling, that Carroll managed quite well to express controversial views and thoughts without getting into too much trouble with society. It seems to me, that he turned dealing with social constraints into an art without unnecessary heroism. Anyway, in this forum perhaps you are already close to a book which could help you: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Dreamchild
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Post by mahendra on Jun 2, 2009 11:13:28 GMT -5
I think for Carroll the displacement was very subtle and actually very healthy and productive. Perhaps his lack of adult, fully engaged relationships channeled certain energies into what ultimately became a unique fusion of logic and dream. This is almost a cliché really.
One might also contend that his (probable) frustrations with teaching maths & logic to uninterested students led him to vent a bit by stretching the boundaries of maths & logic in his art.
Nonsense itself, especially the Carrollian flavor, is all displacement but perhaps a displacement of inner tensions onto the more formal, ritualized topside layer of language games and logic play. In other words, a kind of reductio ad absurdam of culture and social structure itself. I like this approach the best, it's sort of panglossian, perhaps?
deep waters!
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