Wise Men and Whispers: A Study of Education in Trenton Lee Stewart’s Mysterious Benedict Society Series

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Lane, Libuška (2019)

Wise Men and Whispers: A Study of Education in Trenton Lee Stewart’s Mysterious Benedict Society Series

Master thesis | Media Studies (MA)

This thesis examines the role of education in the Mysterious Benedict Society series on two levels. On the level of the story, I analyze how the two opposite characters of Nicholas Benedict and Ledroptha Curtain function as "educators" in the intradiegetic world. Then, on a second level, I delve into the ways in which the text can "educate" its readers. I place my research in a framework of children's literature theory and criticism, narratology, and a text on education by Jacques Rancière.

children's literature

education

literary theory

Mysterious Benedict Society

benefits of fiction-reading