Marriage and Courtship in Children's Literature. This paper examines marriage, courtship and the lives and roles of young women in children's literature from various cultures. The texts considered are African, Chinese. Japanese and Russian. In traditional tales women are subordinate to male characters in the role of wife, mother and temptress. 9-pages, bibliography lists 5 sources. Pages: 9 Bibliography: 5 source(s) listed Filename: 12791 Marriage Courtship Children.doc Price: 80.55