Dr. Seuss’s Imaginative and Informative Style of Writing in Children’s Books
In our Project we investigated Dr. Seuss’s rhetorical strategies in his Beginner Books and Message Books, specifically four of his most famous books: “The Cat in the Hat”, “Green Eggs and Ham”, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”, and “The Lorax”. Through his Beginner Books, we explored his unique style of writing and his use of imaginary lexical inventions to further understand how he influenced children’s writing and speaking skills. Then, through his Message Books, we explored his ability to incorporate moral messages for both children and adults while maintaining the fun and imaginative style that’s so special to his work. We formulated research questions to investigate his textual and illustrative techniques through close and distant reading to form a well-rounded analysis. Our findings and trends were conducted through the help of the Digital Humanity tools: Voyant, Google Books Ngram Viewer, and Google My Maps and we confirmed our results through minimal close reading.
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Project by: Dalia Bekdache, Mirriam Hijazi, Raghad Sheronick, and Sara Deeb
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