Lewis Carroll was a British author born in 1832. He enjoyed constructing mazes and puppet shows as a child. He later became a mathematics professor at Oxford. He is best known for his novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, in which the narratives are intertwined and mathematical puzzles are hidden beneath nonsensical surfaces. The documents provide an overview of Carroll's life and works, with details on his notable books and poems, as well as elements to understand in his narratives such as logical paradoxes, the meaning of words, and his portrayal of childhood versus the adult world.

1. British Literature
Lewis Carroll (1832 – 1898)
Born in a small village
Favorite pastime: to construct mazes and set
up puppet shows.
Undergraduation: Mathematics
Occupation: a reclusive professor at Oxford.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Through the Looking Glass.

2. CURIOSITIESCURIOSITIES
Both novels can be seen mixed. The narratives are intertwined
nowadays.
He wrote magazines containing
poems, stories, and drawings at
young age to entertain his brothers
and sisters.
It is believed that Alice in Wonderland
had its root on a real life event that
happened on a boating-party.

3. MOST NOTABLE BOOKSMOST NOTABLE BOOKS
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Bruno’s Revenge and other
Stories
Original Games and Puzzles
The Hunting of the Snark
Silvie and Bruno
Through the Looking Glass
What the Tortoise Said to Achilles
Alice’s Adventures Underground
The Game of Logic
Symbolic Logic
A Tangled Tale
MOST NOTABLE POEMSMOST NOTABLE POEMS
A Sea Dirge
Upon the Lonely Moor
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Phantasmagoria
Jabberwocky
The Hunting of the Snark

4. Through the Looking GlassThrough the Looking Glass
{a brief overview}{a brief overview}
 It is composed by odd humor and punsIt is composed by odd humor and puns
 It has mathematical puzzles hidden under the nonsensical sufarceIt has mathematical puzzles hidden under the nonsensical sufarce

5. After entering
the mirror world
Alice is
transformed into
a pawn.
Queen Alice.
The goal is to become queen and win the game
But what is the great metaphor in this process?
In our real World we may affirm that
speed is the ratio of distance to time
In Alice’s world we may say that
speed is the ratio of time to distance
WHY?

6. Some necessary elements to understandSome necessary elements to understand
Carroll’s thoughts presented in his narrativesCarroll’s thoughts presented in his narratives
Identity and logical paradoxes
The meaning of the words
The ratio between speed and acceleration
Cosmic decrease and expansion
Reality versus imaginary
Nonsense humor

7. Changes in our concept about ChildhoodChanges in our concept about Childhood
The concept about childhood was invented in the
18th century.
Children didn’t appear in literary works.
Even when they appeared, this work was for adults.
Most of the tales “for children” in opposition to
“about children” were adult stories with a degree of
adaptation and a certain sense of morality.

8. In Wonderland, both the laws of nature and society’s laws are
disrupted: time and space behave unpredictably, animals talk and
anything can happen during a chess match or while having tea. The
sense of threat to a child in an adult world is evoked through fantasy.

9. 4 elements to pay attention
while reading Alice’s
Adventures in
Wonderland.
A child can grow or shrink, usually as
a result of drinking or eating
something, just as children are told
to do.
The characters are often rude,
aggressive or frustrated, such as
adults can be. Power and perversity
prevail over justice, reflecting the
arbitrary nature of power exercised
by adults on children.
The animals have human
characteristics, sometimes
they are exaggerated or
distorted, but always
functioning as substitutes
for adults.
The time on the clock means nothing, what
reflects the regimented world of adults with
their regulations and senseless schemes
through a child’s perspective.

10. 4 elements to pay attention
while reading Alice’s
Adventures in
Wonderland.
A child can grow or shrink, usually as
a result of drinking or eating
something, just as children are told
to do.
The characters are often rude,
aggressive or frustrated, such as
adults can be. Power and perversity
prevail over justice, reflecting the
arbitrary nature of power exercised
by adults on children.
The animals have human
characteristics, sometimes
they are exaggerated or
distorted, but always
functioning as substitutes
for adults.
The time on the clock means nothing, what
reflects the regimented world of adults with
their regulations and senseless schemes
through a child’s perspective.