Satire of Religious Education in Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland Texts
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC 135
Start Date
21-5-2015
End Date
21-5-2015
Keywords
British Literature, Children's Literature, Victorian Culture
Abstract
In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll both parodies and satirizes various forms of Victorian religious education. As the son of an Archdeacon of the Church of England and a Fellow at Christ Church College, Oxford, Carroll was very familiar with both religion and education. By parodying various popular religious forms, figures, and texts and associating these with the nonsense of Wonderland, he effectively offers an alternative to the standard, rote forms that dominated nearly all aspects of Victorian education.
Recommended Citation
Sedlacek, Cameron, "Satire of Religious Education in Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland Texts" (2015). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 71.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2015/oralpresentations/71
Department/Program
English
Additional Mentoring Department
English
Satire of Religious Education in Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland Texts
SURC 135
In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll both parodies and satirizes various forms of Victorian religious education. As the son of an Archdeacon of the Church of England and a Fellow at Christ Church College, Oxford, Carroll was very familiar with both religion and education. By parodying various popular religious forms, figures, and texts and associating these with the nonsense of Wonderland, he effectively offers an alternative to the standard, rote forms that dominated nearly all aspects of Victorian education.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Lila Harper