We'll use the Annotated Alice (looking mainly at Through the Looking Glass) and read it as we demo American McGee's Alice, and a bit of Kingdom Hearts, in class.
I'd suggest spending some time on the table of contents - either as an assignment once Alice has been read or bringing a chess board to class, setting it up, and asking the class to perform what is indicated. It really illuminates the ways in which LC plays with (by using and constantly breaking) the highly structured rules of the game. Getting the class to attempt to perform the story on a board is also fruitfully complex when they are encouraged to cite the narrative in arguing for their interpretation of the moves.
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I'd suggest spending some time on the table of contents - either as an assignment once Alice has been read or bringing a chess board to class, setting it up, and asking the class to perform what is indicated. It really illuminates the ways in which LC plays with (by using and constantly breaking) the highly structured rules of the game. Getting the class to attempt to perform the story on a board is also fruitfully complex when they are encouraged to cite the narrative in arguing for their interpretation of the moves.
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