You are expected to focus on the theme of family in both Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and in
Anthony Browne’s Voices in the Park. Is there a difference between the traditional representation of family (The
Tale of Peter Rabbit) and the postmodern one (Voices in the Park)? Is there diversity in the representation of
family? Or does family come in one form? How are families portrayed in both picturebooks? Do they comprise
a mom, a dad, and children? Do they share the same social class and the same ethnic background? Is love a
common element shared by all families? You need to focus on both words and pictures to address the
question. You are asked to compare a theme in the two picturebooks. Therefore, your comparative essay
should not be a general comparative approach, but a comparative/contrastive approach of the representation
of ‘family’ in these works, bearing in mind the time and the space of each work. Your analytical comments
should precede or follow every time you quote from the text under discussion or from the critical material you
refer to. If you would please write a thesis statement stating your argument to be included on the first page of
your essay. Reference to critical material related to this topic is necessary (you should refer to at least 3 critical
works).
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