DIDACTIC LESSON IN THE SWISS: CONSTRUCTIVE STUDY OF SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON BY DAVID WYSS
Mr. Naresh Keshavrao Hallagade,
Research Scholar, (English), Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, Dist. Amravati
Abstract:
The Swiss Family Robinson (1816) uses a didactic model of schooling to depict stranded children, influenced by Enlightenment pedagogy and essentialist contradiction. The work uses John Locke’s empirical theory of child development and Daniel Defoe’s castaway setting to create a didactic adult/child dichotomy, promoting fleeing from civilized society through the paradox of immunity. Gerard Genette examines the role of the preface in the complex mediation between book, author, publisher, and reader, focusing on the original assumptive authorial preamble.
Keywords:epistemic discourse, enlightenment, microcosm, narrative omniscience, constructivism
DOI link – https://doi.org/10.69758/GIMRJ/2507S01V13P004
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