Focusing closely on two works, explore how they represent and deploy the figure of the child, the idea of childhood, or child-parent / familial relations. More broadly, you can address some of the most common ideas associated with childhood or family—questions of innocence, education, development (and evolution), hierarchy, gender, or power relations. What issues does a focus on the child help us see differently? What kinds of hierarchies or structures of inequality does the figure of the child or the idea of family establish or support? How do familial relationships impact questions of identity, authenticity, gender, or sexuality? Please use specific examples when discussing the issues in these texts.
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