(1)juvenile fiction (*rejuvenation 回春)
(2)Theme:
Life/ Death, Dream/Adventures, Love/Lost
→examples:
(3)
“YA literature shares the following fundamental elements of the fiction genre: character, plot, setting, theme, and style. However, theme and style are often subordinated to the more tangible elements of plot, setting, and character, which appeal more readily to younger readers. The vast majority of YA stories portray an adolescent, rather than an adult or child, as the protagonist.”~ (quote from Wikipedia)
(4)
*adolescent青少年{C}/puberty青春期；妙齡/minor未成年人
*didactic(a.)為教導的；教訓的
(→在西方文學裡很稀少)
(5)Ask ourselves
1. Who am I?
2. What is my place in the universe?
3. What would I do if I were the protagonist/antagonist in the story?
4. Do I like the story? Why or why not? Which episode or character interests me the most and why?
※Syllabus
(1)Lie to me (*theme music)
→ an American crime drama television series
(2)
a. Problem novel (identity problem)
Examples:
→ Hugo: The whole world is a garden. (film)
*Clocks never come with extra parts. 一枝草一點露
*Every part serves a purpose. 每件事都有原因
→The Secret Garden (film)----- Frances Hodgson Burnett.
→The Cherry Orchard (Audio book)----- Anton Chekhov
(*Anton Chekhov’s another work → The Lady with a Dog <about love affair>)
b. Initiation and Quest (Journey)
Examples:
*17世紀末~19世紀 : 工業革命
→中產階級興起、海權爭奪、女性投入工作職場
Examples:
→ Jane Eyre (*old spinster老處女/governess家庭教師)
c. Bildungsroman
→the novel of protagonist
Examples:
*chapter24:
“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that is wants to live humbly for one.” ― Wilhelm Stekel
(3)Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell-tale Heart
※Words:
*ori-: beginning 起初
→original, orientation, oriental
*pro-: in favor of
→protagonist, proceed, progenitor
*-em-: blood
→leukemia 白血病, anemia貧血, hemangiom血管瘤
*beginner permit 學習駕照/road test路考
※New rules:
(1)中場會休息10分鐘
(2)download and read the syllabus
(3)buy the book: The Catcher in the Rye 麥田捕手 --- J.D.Salinger
→對青少年反派的印象
(4) take the notes(Blog)
(5)英文寫作中: 書名要畫底線，人名不用。
(6)Dubliners都柏林
→1922 現代主義的高峰
→影響台灣許多作家
Eg: 白先勇 <台北人>、李昂
美國文學 (1)