Lewis Caroll and Alice in the Wonderland

Introduction

The novel "Alice in Wonderland" was written by Lewis Carroll in 1865 and generally is considered a work intended for boys, but reading it carefully one can find other meanings for adults. In this paper we try to analyze the elements that make it a work that, one can continue reading in the twentieth century even after infancy (Kelly and Richard, pp. 35-54).

Biography

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was the real name of the author of "Alice in Wonderland", and "Alice through the Looking Glass." Born in 1832 in Daresbury, England he was the eldest of 11 children and his family was rich. At eighteen, he entered the University of Oxford, where he remained for nearly 50 years. Lewis was ordained deacon in the Anglican Church and taught mathematics to three generations of young people in Oxford. He also wrote two of the most beautiful stories that have occurred in the literature. In 1898 Carroll died of bronchitis (Blake and Kathleen, pp. 45-69).

Carroll was not a literary writer, but a mathematician and therefore attaches great importance to the logic that applies to funny situations. For example, when Alice cannot remember any of the teachings of the school and believes that her partner became Mabel never remember anything.

It is important to note that the author used his real name for his books on logic and mathematics that were his true profession. In exchange for his literary works (Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass) adopted a pseudonym. This is because he thought that writing plays humorous or "childish" would discredit the profession of the University of Oxford (Guiliano and Edward, pp. 26-41).

Structure 

The novel is essentially about a dream that Alice has one afternoon. However, it opens and closes with a realistic framework: Alice was bored with her sister and fell asleep. Although the author warns us that this is a dream but the narration directly enters a fantasy.

"When suddenly she ran past a white rabbit with pink eyes"

After meeting with the rabbit everything becomes a dream-like reality. This confirms that the final part of the novel is a dream in which strange events took place. The central part of the story despite being great has a connection to the Victorian era (Phillips and Edward, pp. 29-37).

Language

The work was originally written in English and thus much of the puns are lost in translation. Carroll constantly creates situations of humor through the language and through various resources, for example, "drowning in tears." In ...