Literature Review #4

 Dragons in English: The Great Change of the Late Nineteenth Century

Citation: 

Cheetham, Dominic. “Dragons in English: The Great Change of the Late Nineteenth Century.” Children’s Literature in Education, vol. 45, no. 1, Mar. 2014, pp. 17–32. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1007/s10583-013-9201-z.

Summary:

This sources discusses the role of dragons in stories for American and Chinese before any interaction with each other. Then, the source goes more into detail about the change that occurred mainly to the view of the American dragons, and other aspects of the story as the two cultures were in contact with each other,

Authors: 

Cheetham Dominic teaches children's literature at Sophia's University. Since he is a professor and has written a lot of other essays, he is pretty knowledgable in the topic.

Key Terms:

Some key terms are the words that Dominic uses to describe dragon from both sides, as either evil with no intelligence or moral and speaking.

Three Quotes:

“evil, adult, male, no intelligence” and “personification of devil” (20)

“powerful, speaking, moral’ (26)

Value: 

This sources gives attention to the direct cause and effect from Chinese culture to the views of the American dragon. This will help in the part of my essay that has to do with the clash of the American and Chinese cultures and the effects of both, especially on those who read about the dragons, if not the dragons themselves. This article is also talking about the same timeframe that my case, Laurence Yep, is from.