Willy Wonka, Dahl's Chickens and Heavenly Visions

Autor/in	Rudd, David
Titel	Willy Wonka, Dahl's Chickens and Heavenly Visions
Quelle	In: Children's Literature in Education, 51 (2020) 1, S.125-142 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rudd, David)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0045-6713
DOI	10.1007/s10583-018-9366-6
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Novels; Misconceptions; Psychiatry; Social Systems; Criticism; Delay of Gratification + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Novel; Roman; Missverständnis; Psychiatrie; Social system; Soziales System; Kritik
Abstract	This article reconsiders Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" 50 years after its initial UK publication, and over a hundred years since Dahl's birth. It suggests that the book has often been misinterpreted, in that the work is more critical of modern capitalism than is often recognised, capturing a post-World War II shift in sensibilities from a culture of hard work and deferred gratification to one that celebrated consumerism and instant enjoyment. The article explores this idea by taking a psychoanalytical perspective, drawing largely on the work of Jacques Lacan, especially his notions of the superego, enjoyment and desire. It suggests that Dahl was one of a number of writers (Anthony Burgess and Marshall McLuhan are also discussed) who responded to this shift in capitalist relations, not simply in terms of the content of his work but in the way in which he wrote. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01