Talk: Alice Rules! Alice as an Inspiration in Cinema, Gaming and Literature

How Lewis Carroll’s Heroine Inspired Female Characters in Cinema, Gaming and Literature

The character of Alice was ground-breaking because Lewis Carroll broke with the tradition of morality tales in children’s literature, and also because his heroine was a powerful, independent-minded female. This presentation will focus on other female protagonists who followed in the footsteps of Alice

Daina Almario-Kopp is a scientist, polyglot, public speaker, and translator who speaks six languages. Daina has degrees in Gender Studies and Psychology from University of Illinois Chicago and in Theatre Costuming and Biology from Columbia College Chicago. She is a long-time member of both the Lewis Carroll Society and the Lewis Carroll Society of North America.