吉尔·德勒兹(Gilles Deleuze)在他的名著《意义的逻辑》(Logique du sens)一书中曾经替《爱丽丝奇境历险记》作出一番哲学阐述。他区分了深度与表面:意义有其深度,但小女孩无意义的历险保持在事物的表面;通过吃吃喝喝造成的变大、变小,不再有着实体作为标杆,不再有更深的、确定的意义。这种无意义没有深度,故不成为反讽,不作为个体而与成年人的种种集体规约处在对立的焦虑当中 Gilles Deleuze gave a philosophical account of Alice in Wonderland in his famous book Logique du sens. He distinguishes between depth and surface: meaning has its depth, but the meaningless adventure of the little girl remains on the surface of things; it becomes bigger and smaller by eating and drinking, no longer has the entity as the benchmark, there is no longer a deeper and definite significance. This meaninglessness is not deep, so it does not become irony, nor is it opposed to the collective statutes of adults as an individual