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Period→英國文學、美國文學
Genre→ 兒童文學、青少年小說、文學作品導讀
§ “Where are you going, where have you been?”
→青少年該何去何從?
*vulnerable→ easy to be hunt
*the final setting→ kitchen
*domestic affairs→ kitchen
(symbol: fragile, fragment)
*theme:
1. Sexuality
(It’s not about good or bad, is about matter and choice.)
2. Violence (侵入家裡→侵犯身體)
3. Freedom and Confinement
(Free will, Garden of Eden, eternity, the tree in the midst of the garden→Adam& Eve)
4. Visions of America
§Elaine Showalter <Sister’s Choice>
→a leading feminist critic
→ “A Literature of their own”
(19th century 英國女性小說家→Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot)
* Jane Austen (the female→提倡女性)
<Persuasion>勸服(最後一本/男主角: Mr. Wentworth)
* Charlotte Brontë(the feminist→某種程度要為自己的選擇付出想當的代價)
* George Eliot(the feminine →受害的)
§青少年用語
“You’re killin’ it ,now!”
“Dude, you roll!/ Dude, you rock! ”
“Hang 11.”
→ “If you can rock the children, you can make them learn.” – Sara Sun
§ Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament – Willa Cather
*suspension 留校察看
*teacher’s pet 老師的 “小幫手”(Eg: 丸尾)
*opal 寶石的名稱 (蛋白石)
*停學中的學生,在胸口插花→挑釁老師
*Paul was tall for his age and very thin, with high, cramped shoulders, and narrow chest. His eyes were remarkable for a certain hysterical brilliancy.
*Paul was quite accustomed to lying;…
*Words:
(1)conscious自我意識覺醒
(2)grinned 咬著牙動一下
(3)scandalous極不公正的,令人反感的
→It ' s scandalous that you still haven ' t been paid !
(4)blue-veined 青筋
→以家鄉、祖國為題材進行寫作
→Eg: <O Pioneers!>, <My Ántonia>
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