§Discussion of essay (Finding Forrester)
(1) 要先回答問題→在用情節立論說明
(2) 後面要寫support→呼應前面的
(3) 英文寫作
→某種程度把「結論」放在前面
→especially retell the story in the plot.
“He’s a reclusive writer, everyone wants to find him. But, Forrester can’t find himself as well.”
(4) 最後一句:re-emphasized
(5) 複雜的環境:poor neighborhood
*subjugate臣服
*yield to destiny不臣服於命運
(6) hypothesis放前面,要針對問題回答hypothesis
→ <The Philosophy of Composition> 美國批評的始祖
(*Poe uses the composition of his own poem "The Raven" as an example. )
→ “A Psalm of Life”
(*“Footprints on the sands of time.”→太道德教訓化)
(1) <Dubliners>
→ "The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a character experiences self-understanding or illumination. "
→ “三一律”, “意識流”(conscious of decent lives)
→愛爾蘭受到英國強大的壓力:政治、國際情勢、宗教、經濟…
→影響台灣作家:
*李昂:殺夫系列<鹿城故事>
*白先勇:台北人
→Charon: ferryman be the River Styx
(2) Araby- James Joyce
→initiation journey(a journey of no return foreshadowing)
→封閉、壓抑的青春期
→puppy love 初戀(癡心妄想的)
→retreat 禁閉
→chalice (the Holy Grail)聖杯
→Conflict: “If I go, I said, ‘I will bring you something.’ ”
(*If the boy can bring something for the girl from bazaar as a gift. )
→Climax: “O, there’s a fib.”
*氣自己的年幼無知
*epiphany 靈光乍現
*Vanity, vanity, vanity, oh it’s vanity. 一時的虛榮幻想
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