Children’s Literature & Psychoanalysis Rose,Jacqueline. The Case of Peter Pan. “Who is talking to whom?”. 20-41 2009.10.22 By Shing Er Wu
U can get the full text here: The Little White Bird U can get the full text here: http://www.hoboes.com/html/FireBlade/Barrie/Bird/
writing for children for love and knowledge (before) sexuality first & disturbance second (today) p.20
The Little White Bird It’s not for children J. M. Barrie’s vs. George Llewellyn Davies the narrator vs. David act of love or holding the children ? p.23 Barrie and the photos of the Davies’ boys p.31 sexuality ?!?
the sexual query from “coming-to-be” to “where are babies from?” p.26 Peter Pan as a “Betwixt-and-Between” (nursery vs. the island of bird) p.27 boys vs. girls:Maimie the girl ?? p.28 mothers –- wives --- Oedipal p.36~37
turning of Peter Pen into a play the immediacy and visibility is even harder to challenge p.29 the belief in fairies (the staging, the unconscious) p.29 Peter Pan as a story in The Little White Bird & it as a play (Barrie and the photos of the Davies’ boys) p.29~31、34 children on the stage & children in the audiences p.32 representation p.33 nursery vs. Neverland p.34~35
Who is talking;to whom tales vs. stories enunciation adult ─ children ; adult - - - - - adult
Questions Q:disturbance ?? How did the concept of disturbance been applied in the article? Q :the query of “death” ? Q :the child outside the text? (Timothy, David, Peter Pan)
This is not a problem of acceptance but a process of understanding. Maybe !!