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SUMMARY:Empowering the Angel of the House:  How What Katy Did Promotes the
  Child's Voice - Ashley Wilson\, Faculty of Education
DTSTART:20131106T130000Z
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CONTACT:J. Gilevskaja
DESCRIPTION:The eponymous protagonist in What Katy Did (1872) is one of th
 e more unruly girls in nineteenth-century American children's literature. 
 Her unruliness reaches its peak when Katy suffers a fall\, consequently lo
 sing her ability to walk. From this point she enters what I have termed th
 e “bed-stage\,” a temporary period during which the child is confined 
 to a bed and their voice is taken seriously by adults. Many feminist schol
 ars view this period negatively\, as it represses wild girls into tame wom
 en. I argue that because it offers the child a voice\, the bed-stage empow
 ers. The bed-stage motif is a common one in nineteenth-century girls' book
 s\; however\, protagonists often need the stage to influence the imperfect
  adults. Katy breaks this mould by having faults\; she needs to change. I 
 will explore how Katy differs from the other protagonists\, and what this 
 means in the wider context of this genre.
LOCATION:Room 2S5\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 
 Hills Road\, Cambridge CB2 8PQ
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