An Ideological Reading of <i>Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories</i> Using Critical Literacy

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avondale-bepress.abstract<p><em>Uncle Arthur’s bedtime stories</em> stands as the principal and archetypal Seventh-day Adventist children’s literature text. It is heavily inscribed with distinct ideologies, which are specifically referential to Seventh-day Adventist dogma and faith. As children read these texts, they are exposed to, and affected by, these ideologies. This thesis seeks to expose the overt and covert ideologies of the text so that their power can be recognised and their value evaluated. This is accomplished through a brief investigation of the author and the publishing institution that conceived the texts, then through an explanation of the development and aims of critical literacy reading processes. These reading processes are then applied to the text in order to render explicit the belief structures constructed into the text which sustain the stories’ proposed ‘truths’ and ‘meanings’. <br />This investigation has revealed that <em>Uncle Arthur’s bedtime stories</em> assumes levels of authority over truth, interpretation and the reader, which it does not intrinsically command. This assumption of authority allows the text to propose and defend one-sided ‘truths’, spurious arguments and potentially unethical behaviour.</p>
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avondale-bepress.authorsRhys Nicholls
avondale-bepress.authorsDaniel Reynaud
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avondale-bepress.field.custom_citationNicholls, R., & Reynaud, D. (2010). An ideological reading of Uncle Arthur’s bedtime stories using critical literacy. <em>TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 4</em>(1), 47-52. doi:10.55254/1835-1492.1096
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avondale-bepress.field.short_titleAn Ideological Reading of <i>Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories</i>
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avondale-bepress.titleAn Ideological Reading of <i>Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories</i> Using Critical Literacy
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dc.contributor.authorReynaud, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorNicholls, Rhys
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:32:45Z
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dc.date.issued2010-01-01
dc.date.submitted2012-11-14T18:32:09Z
dc.description.abstract<p><em>Uncle Arthur’s bedtime stories</em> stands as the principal and archetypal Seventh-day Adventist children’s literature text. It is heavily inscribed with distinct ideologies, which are specifically referential to Seventh-day Adventist dogma and faith. As children read these texts, they are exposed to, and affected by, these ideologies. This thesis seeks to expose the overt and covert ideologies of the text so that their power can be recognised and their value evaluated. This is accomplished through a brief investigation of the author and the publishing institution that conceived the texts, then through an explanation of the development and aims of critical literacy reading processes. These reading processes are then applied to the text in order to render explicit the belief structures constructed into the text which sustain the stories’ proposed ‘truths’ and ‘meanings’. <br />This investigation has revealed that <em>Uncle Arthur’s bedtime stories</em> assumes levels of authority over truth, interpretation and the reader, which it does not intrinsically command. This assumption of authority allows the text to propose and defend one-sided ‘truths’, spurious arguments and potentially unethical behaviour.</p>
dc.identifier.citationNicholls, R., & Reynaud, D. (2010). An ideological reading of Uncle Arthur’s bedtime stories using critical literacy. <em>TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 4</em>(1), 47-52. doi:10.55254/1835-1492.1096
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.55254/1835-1492.1096
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/123456789/03469860
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.publisherAvondale Academic Press
dc.subjectUncle Arthur’s bedtime stories
dc.subjectchildren’s literature
dc.titleAn Ideological Reading of <i>Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories</i> Using Critical Literacy
dc.title.alternativeAn Ideological Reading of <i>Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories</i>
dc.typeJournal Article
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