Abstract
This article looks from a Foucauldian perspective at the exercise of power in children's fiction. Roald Dahl's novels are examined as the paradigmatic product of social discourses; and power operates through their circulation. It is argued that Dahl's narratives reflect the author's personal struggle against discourses, which construct both the author himself and his readers as subjects. The article then turns to some critical responses to the novels. It suggests that the author and critics further reprise the roles of fictional child and adult characters, in a constantly shifting dynamic of power relations.
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