There is no doubt that, throughout this course, Mark
Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog
in the Night-time has been my favorite read. I’m on the track to becoming a
teacher, and although it’s not for special education, I feel that any educator should
be well versed on how to cooperate with different children – different thinking,
speaking, learning styles, etc. – and learn to embrace their differences.
Therefore, I have decided to use this for the final paper of the semester. As
for the theoretical texts, I haven’t quite decided. Woloch’s The One vs. The Many can be seen as
relevant in the character development of Christopher, as well as the literary
text regarding estranging the familiar, as seeing things through Christopher’s
eyes can very well be considered taking a different view on things many people
merely glance over. Furthermore, Lisa Zunshine’s Theory of Mind and Experimental Representations of Fictional
Consciousness relates directly to the learning form Christopher takes on
through the book.
I think I’ll stick to discussing only one
literary theory in relation to the text, as I’m not sure if I would be able to
adequately bring in multiple theories and do them each justice through one six
to eight page paper. Once I decide which theory I would best be able to dig
through, I’m confident I can knock this paper out pretty well.
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