《轉瞬為風》─閱讀題記(5)

《轉瞬為風》──佐藤多佳子

 

盡情奔跑吧！於迎風而來的衝刺中，去伸展你們的靈魂。

整整近600多頁，但就如同書名一般，我以轉瞬為風的速度將它閱讀完畢(笑)。

而在閱讀時，我一邊徹底投入其中，又一邊哀號：快看完了耶，真不想結束，這樣猛烈敲擊在我心上，一種讓我將要喘不過氣來的衝動與希冀。

並不是血液在沸騰這種短暫的衝動，而是肉體與靈魂全心一致的追求，沉浸於峰頂般的感動。就像是進入到心流(Flow)的一種境界。

我真的希望，新二和春野台的眾人們能不斷的以運動員自居，然後在屬於自己的跑道上，盡情奔跑。

在瞬間化為勁風，衝破一切形體的障礙，直至夢想邊際。

American literature(3)

American literature 1820~1865

• Church of England

Pilgrims → separatist (n.)分離教派者

Pilgrims (激進派)


"Beauty is truth, truth beauty," ----that is all we know on earth, and all we need to know. —— John Keats

• Edgar A. Poe.

''Annabel Lee"
"The Raven"
"To Helen"

•  英國浪主義五大詩人

1.  （William Wordsworth，1770～l850） 
2. （Samuel T．Coleridge，1772—1834）
3. （ George G．Byron， 1788—1824） 
4. （Percy B．Shelley，1792—1822） 
5. （John Keats，1795—1821）

• 美國文學男主角的形象

     

• 南北戰爭

• Benjamin Franklin(1706~1790)

 

•  George Eliot(1818~1880)

 Mary Anne Evans , known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist, and translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.

She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure her works would be taken seriously. Female authors were published under their own names during Eliot's life, but she wanted to escape the stereotype of women only writing lighthearted romances.

American literature(2)

•  羅馬的榮光   ‘’To Helen’’ by Edgar A. Poe.

Helen, thy beauty is to me

   Like those Nicéan barks of yore,

That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,

   The weary, way-worn wanderer bore

   To his own native shore.

On desperate seas long wont to roam,

   Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,

Thy Naiad airs have brought me home

   To the glory that was Greece,      

   And the grandeur that was Rome.

Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche

   How statue-like I see thee stand,

The agate lamp within thy hand!

   Ah, Psyche, from the regions which

   Are Holy-Land!

 

• “The Roman Fever “by Edith Wharton（1934）

 The story about the power struggle for those in the upper classes.
The setting of the story takes place in the city of Rome.  The exotic setting illustrates the power and class from which the women hail, but the Old Rome context, such as the Colosseum, insinuates Roman Empire-style intrigue.

• Gilgamesh

 Gilgamesh is the central character in the Epic of Gilgamesh(吉爾伽美什史詩), the greatest surviving work of early Mesopotamian(美索不達米亞) literature. In Mesopotamian mythology, Gilgamesh is a demigod of superhuman strength who built the city walls of Uruk to defend his people from external threats.

• Manifest Destiny

         In the United States in the 19th century, Manifest Destiny was the widely held belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent. 

• Presumption of innocence (無罪推定原則) 

           is the principle that one is considered innocent until proven guilty.

• Republican / Democrat

• 美國三大郵報：USA today/New York time/Washington post

• 西洋三大獎：The Academy Award of Merit /Golden Globe Awards /Grammy Award

 

   “Action is eloquence, and the eyes of th’ ignorant more learned than the ears” – Coriolanus

    William Shakespeare, Coriolanus (c. 1607-08), Act III, scene 2, line 76.

• 推薦電影：Working Girl(1988)、Far and Away(1992)

• 推薦音樂："Let the River Run" - Carly Simon、"Under the Sea" The Little Mermaid

 

• Vocabulary

       Law maker

       Rancor

       Ratified

       Concession

       Success/successful/successive/predecessor

       Electoral College

       Paranoia

       Defend(v.)捍衛

       Wiretapping(adj.)竊聽的

American Literature (1)

• Student orientation

Student orientation or new student orientation is a period of time at the beginning of the academic year at a university or other tertiary institution during which a variety of events are held to orient and welcome new students. The name of the period varies by country.

• Dome (n.) A dome is an element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. (圓頂，又稱穹頂)

 

              United States Capitol Washington, D.C., United States (美國華盛頓國會山莊)

Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building(美國國會圖書館)

White house(白宮)

• John Smith (c. January 1580 – 21 June 1631) (JOMESTOWN) 

• Wasp（White Anglo-Saxon Protestant，WASP）

White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) is an informal term, sometimes derogatory or disparaging, for a closed group of high-status Americans mostly of English Protestant ancestry. The term applies to a group believed to control disproportionate social and financial power. The term WASP does not describe every Protestant of English background, but rather a small restricted group whose family wealth and elite connections allow them a degree of privilege held by few others.

• Church of England

(1) Pilgrims wanted to separate from the established Church of England.(Mayflower)

(2)Puritans wished to purify the Church from within.

• The new promised land → Thirteen Colonies

"We shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us...," the Puritan John Winthrop wrote. The Puritans who disembarked in Massachusetts in 1620 believed they were establishing the New Israel. Indeed, the whole colonial enterprise was believed to have been guided by God.
Promised Land imagery figured prominently in shaping English colonial thought. The pilgrims identified themselves with the ancient Hebrews. They viewed the New World as the New Canaan. They were God's chosen people headed for the Promised Land. (資料來源：http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/joshua/manifest.html)
 

• 電影推薦：The Firm

• United States Declaration of Independence

     ........ That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, ............
     

• vocabulary

1.Lame duck

*無能力的人(組織或事物); 不中用的人(或物)

The government should not waste money supporting lame ducks .

*(任期將滿的)官員
a lame duck President

2.Senator(n.)議員

3. impeachment(n.)彈劾

The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career .

          4. government (n.)政府

             管理

         5. indifference(n.)冷漠

《強風吹拂》─閱讀題記(4)

《強風吹拂》三浦紫苑

這本書已經超出我期待的美好了!!

我是個不折不扣的運動絕緣體，尤其討厭跑步。
當我埋首於文字間，開始思索寫作與跑步的關係，是因為娜妲莉．高柏（Natalie Goldberg）的《心靈寫作》。
而將這件事物再度得到確信的延伸就是三浦紫苑的《強風吹拂》。
『日日琢磨身心，只為追求瞬間的美與激昂。 』

雖然結尾或許留下了一點遺憾 (真希望不要完結!)，但依然讓我感到，就這樣奔跑著，已是一種至高無上的幸福。

接下來關於跑步的三部曲是：
1.《強風吹拂》
2.《轉瞬為風》
3.《關於跑步，我說的其實是……》

我也期待像寫作一樣，於跑步中去伸展自己的靈魂 。

《月魚》─閱讀題記(3)

月魚 - 三浦紫苑

 在書荒的時候，我通常都會從喜歡的作者下手，去拓展自己的閱讀地圖。而三浦紫苑的這本《月魚》，是我尋找許久，發現已經絕版後，才在縣市的圖書館裡入手借閱。

一波三折的求書旅程與閱讀評論的加持，我對這本書寄與相當大期望。

讀後感：

像心中殘留著硬幣大小、淺色月亮般的感觸。

總覺得中文的流暢度不夠高。有些細緻的感觸描寫，無法與文字節奏相符合。(不過這也有可能是因為我已經離開了「那年夏天」太久的緣故。)

故事透著幽幽的冷調，像是冷冽的河流流過般清爽。

主要章節分為〈水底的魚〉、〈我那沉睡在水底的村子〉、〈文庫後記〉及淺野溫子的〈寄語月魚〉。

瀨名垣與真志喜間的淡淡曖昧其實令我感動。除去兩人互相背負莫須有的歉疚與罪惡感，我想有個人願意在身邊守護與陪伴你走過人生中大大小小的事物，這種情感就令人感到動容。

感到可惜的地方在於淺野溫子的〈寄語月魚〉。

我想我無法同意，她所說的「儘管相互依偎，也絕對無法合而為一；就算渴望，還是會被拒絕；就算被拒絕，還是不停的渴望。」

因為故事透著冷調卻不顯絕望、微暗卻總有月魚帶來的光亮。