What is Zoopoetics, and how is it relevant to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"?
Zoopoetics, a concept from Derrida, explores how nonhuman animals communicate, contrasting with human speech.
In the story, animals like the Cheshire Cat and the White Rabbit communicate in unique ways.
How is time represented nonhumanly in Alice in Wonderland?
Time is anthropomorphized as a character and critiqued as a social construct, presenting dream time as an alternative to clock time.
Dream time challenges the conventional, linear perception of time, promoting a world of leisure, play, and alternative realities.
How does Alice's interaction with the Cheshire Cat relate to Derrida's animal gaze concept?
The Cheshire Cat exemplifies the limitrophic quality, where the cat's behavior and independence challenge Alice’s human-centered perspective.
What does Alice's awakening from the dream symbolize at the end of the novel?
It suggests a return to societal norms, with Alice placed back into a childlike, simple position, contrasting the radical possibilities presented in Wonderland.
-> state under her sister’s care, seeming to close off the radical questioning of categories and roles introduced in Wonderland (conservative frame despite radical themes?)
How does the character of the Queen of Hearts relate to Queen Victoria and 19th-century societal norms?
The Queen of Hearts, seen as authoritarian and frightening, mirrors Queen Victoria's opposition to the women's movement and marriage reform.
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