The Generative Criticism Review #week13

Article:
Van’t Hof Marcia S. Star of fear, Star of Hope: North Star to Reach Reality. Rhetorical Criticism, 2004, p455-459.
Research Question:
According to this study, author wants to know how to present history reality to students then students can go through contemporary course (455).
Research Aim:
The author’s aim is try to explore how the text, which is in the book, Star of Fear, Star of Hope, serves rhetorical strategies to influence children’s fears on historical reality (455).
Methodology:
Marcia tries to generate an explanatory schema from the traces of the book, Star of fear, Star of Hope, and she focus on the realism, comfort, and discomfort. (456)
Finding:
The findings of this paper are: 1. When children become participators, they will like to map the story and their experience; 2, the visual elements can reinforce verbal elements; 3.the illustrator and author use discomfort elements to bring the painful mystery (456-459).
Limitation:
The author assumes that harsh reality is the element to understand; therefore Star of Fear, Star of Hope will be a good lesson. However, the author forget that learning one thing is not equal practicing it.
Future direction:
The author suggests that teachers can let student to learn realism, comfort, and discomfort from Star of Fear, Star of Hope (459).