NEED THE BOOK FOR PAGE REFRENCES!!!The Psychology of Childhood/Romantic Reflection1.  In many Romantic stories, there are two worlds.  One is the real and hard-to-see one (that the hero/heroine disc

The Romantic Journey

Initial Situation Task/Need Means

Otherness of world (alien, impersonal, vast, mechanical) To establish non-mythical connection Romantic Narrative and Teaching Devices

Otherness of self in world (sentimentality, isolation) to autonomous world and others; support Danger of alternatives/overly detailed and

Contrast with fusions of mythical world-painful fledgling ego and help the world to concrete curriculum; Is the image of self in

realization that mythical categories are inadequate appear less menacing the adult world presented to the child in school

in making sense of things (no more magic) sufficient to meet Industry & Romantic needs

Features to focus on in helping and appealing to the romantic child

Outlandish/Strange/Extremes

Heroic/Exciting/Transcendent Qualities

Opposing elements/Dramatic conflict

Ego supporting

Detailed

Myth within real world (no more fairy tales)

Story element remains, but have more complex plot

Should help child to resolve the Romantic Dilemma (and begin, eventually, a philosophic mode of existence)

Post-Romantic Phase and Successful Resolution (what will it look like).

a. all the details and extreme qualities are interconnected parts of some general whole

b. I am an agent with limited power within an otherwise determined system (acceptance of place)

b. what is my mental map of the world? What is the truth about the world, the mind, history, and the way others behave? What is Truth?

c. map will involve generality, hierarchy

d. danger of generality and narcissism

e. provision of general organizing schemes in education