Deconstructing Delphinium: Violence and Flowers in Rousseau's "Emile" and Henke's "Chrysanthemum"

Autor/in	Kinard, Timothy
Titel	Deconstructing Delphinium: Violence and Flowers in Rousseau's "Emile" and Henke's "Chrysanthemum"
Quelle	In: Children's Literature in Education, 43 (2012) 4, S.303-322 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0045-6713
DOI	10.1007/s10583-012-9171-6
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; Children; Figurative Language; Infants; Early Childhood Education; Picture Books; Music Teachers; Thinking Skills; Teaching Methods; Childrens Literature; Naming + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Child; Kind; Kinder; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Music; Teacher; Teachers; Musiklehrer; Denkfähigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur
Abstract	This article is an attempt to contribute to the conversation about "go[ing] beyond all kinds of binary thinking" (Lenz Taguchi, "Going beyond the theory/practice divide in early childhood education: introducing an intra-active pedagogy," 2010, p. 50), especially the binary which positions "adults" and "children" as being powerful and powerless, respectively, in educational settings. It is also a personal reflection on "naming." At the center of the reflection are two literary works, the picture book by Henkes, "Chrysanthemum" (1991), and the novel by Rousseau, "Emile, ou l'education" (1762a). The central metaphor of "Emile"--that of the developing child as organically unfolding, like a flower--is deconstructed by the plot involving two flower-named characters in "Chrysanthemum." These characters are the protagonist, Chrysanthemum, and her music teacher, Delphinium Twinkle. Two acts of "naming" are considered: the literal act of naming a newborn baby and the abstract concept of "naming" [or labeling] a particular time in the life of a human being: "Childhood" (Cannella, "Deconstructing early childhood education: social justice and revolution," 1997). (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10