Exploring the Tensions Between Narrative Imagination and Official Knowledge Through the Life of Pi
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2014
Publication Title
Teaching towards Democracy with Postmodern and Popular Culture Texts
DOI
10.1007/978-94-6209-875-6_10
ISBN
978-94-6209-875-6
Abstract
In this chapter we borrow the experiences had by the main character of Yann Martel’s 2013 novel, Life of Pi, to show how imagination is a tool we use to help us survive. We explain that in many ways, because of the work involved to make sense out of new and unfamiliar things, children are surviving the hard work of growing up that is childhood.
Recommended Citation
Rychly, Laura, Robert L. Lake.
2014.
"Exploring the Tensions Between Narrative Imagination and Official Knowledge Through the Life of Pi."
Teaching towards Democracy with Postmodern and Popular Culture Texts, Patricia Paugh, Tricia M. Kress, and Robert L. Lake (Ed.): 151-164 Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
doi: 10.1007/978-94-6209-875-6_10 isbn: 978-94-6209-875-6
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/curriculum-facpubs/80
