Young-adult fiction：week(14)

• Fantasy/Adventure

        ex 千と千尋の神隠し, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan

• Dylan Thomas 〈Do not gentle into that good night〉(點入連結)

        a villanelle(詩的形式) 3*5, 4*1

              ''Do not go gentle into that good night,
       Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
         Rage, rage against the dying of the light.''

      stanza： 詩的停頓處
      ballad ：A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.

     outrageous： 
     1.  Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

     2. Being well beyond the bounds of good taste: outrageous epithets.

     3. Having no regard for morality.

     4. Violent or unrestrained in temperament or behavior.

     5. Extremely unusual or unconventional; extraordinary

   

• 〈death thou shalt not be proud  〉(點入連結)by John  Donne

      conceit(巧喻)
       n. 
       1. An ingenious or witty turn of phrase or thought.
       2.A fanciful poetic image, especially an elaborate or exaggerated comparison.
       3. A poem or passage consisting of such an image.
 

•  thinkst (德文殘留語法)

• 〈To the Valediction: Forbidding Mourning 〉(點入連結)by John  Donne  

                       第25行 compasses

                       If they be two, they are two so                                          25
                       As stiff twin compasses are two ; 
                     Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show 
                      To move, but doth, if th' other do.  

• 《The Great Gatsby》

• ''Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter — tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning ——
  So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.''

•  "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
  

• 五段論證

        introduction(thesis statement) +3supporting
        paragraphs(topic sentences)+conelusion

• 文章類型

       1.exposition
       2Argumentation (辯證)
       3.description   
       4.narration

•  (1). what is this?(2).what is that for? (3). what should we care?

          

Young-adult fiction：week(13)

• Joyce Carol Oates  life and work 

• where are you going, where have you been?

• 採用 open end 
• is a frequently anthologized short story written by Joyce Carol Oates.  It was inspired by three Tucson, Arizona murders committed by Charles Schmid, which were profiled in Life magazine in an article written by Don Moser on March 4, 1966. Oates said that she dedicated the story to Bob Dylan because she had been inspired to write it after listening to his song "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue."

• Paul's Case(點入連結)  by Willa Cather

•  Willa Sibert Cather (1873 – , 1947) was an American author who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, in works such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark.

• O Pioneers! 

''We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it — for a little while.''  

                                                                          Part V, Ch. 3

• 女性主義 

       A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf.

• vocabulary 
  
  
  
  • high ─pitched 高調的
  
  
  • high ─portfolio 高調的
  
  
  
  • porfolio (n)講義夾；投資組合
  
  
  
  • deterred...from +V─ing 延遲...做某事
  
  
  
  • reveal (v.)顯現
  
  
  • suggest(v.)顯現
  
  
  
  • irrevocably(adv.) 不須言語地
  
  
  • jalopy(n.) a decrepit car is often old and  neglected and is in a barely functional state.
  
  
   
  

  
  

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• Jane Eyre  (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography)

 is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England.
 Primarily of the bildungsroman genre, Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of its eponymous character, including her growth to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the byronic master of fictitious Thornfield Hall.

• you owe me an apology.(含有對方錯了之意)  

             apologize to me.       
        I am (feel) sorry for your lost.(同情之意 ''我沒錯'')
        I am deeply feel regretful for your lost.     

• exclude(他人排外)
• seclude(自己排外)
• include 
• segregate
• intgregate 
• chivalry 騎士精神 

      

Young-adult fiction：week(11)

•   Continue Lawrence
  

• vocabulary
  

     Pornography           
     n.

     1. Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.

     2. The presentation or production of this material.

     pornographer     ( Porn writer)
     n.

     1. Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.

     2. The presentation or production of this material.

     obscenity
        n. pl. 
      1. The state or quality of being obscene.

       2. Indecency, lewdness, or offensiveness in behavior, expression, or appearance.

       3. Something, such as a word, act, or expression, that is indecent or lewd.

      obstacle
      n

    1. a person or thing that opposes or hinders something

    2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) Brit a fence or hedge used in showjumping

     obituary

      adj. n.

     1. a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.

      adj.

     2. of, pertaining to, or recording obituaries.

    emeritus

      1. retired or honorably discharged from active professional duty but retaining the title of one's office or position: professor emeritus of history.
     2. an emeritus professor, minister, etc.

    elope

    intr.v. e·loped, e·lop·ing, e·lopes

   1. To run away with a lover, especially with the intention of getting married.

   2. To run away; abscond.

•   Chapel east of Taos, New Mexico, where Lawrence's ashes are interred

• 快遞(ups,fedrex,dhl)

•   Saul Bass (5/8 Google doodle)平面設計大師

•   Hitchcock《Vertigo》海報 and Martin Scorsese《純真年代》

•   Marcel Proust(馬塞爾·普魯斯特)was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental novel À la recherche du temps perdu《追憶逝水年華》(In Search of Lost Time; earlier translated as Remembrance of Things Past).

• Share this song
  

• Much ado about nothing (庸人自擾)
• You do not bring me flower

Young-adult fiction：week(10)

• Festival、 Holiday、Day的差別

1.Festival.(n) 節日、喜慶日(與 feast.(n)盛宴, 筵席 有關的)
ex： Moon Festival 、 Dragon Boat Festival

2.Holiday.(n) 假日、休息日、(holy + day "神聖的日子")
ex：Moon Festival is a national holiday.、St. Patrick's holiday is in March.

3. Day.(n) 特定日、 節日(常大寫) ex： Independence Day、Mother's Day

• H.D.Lawrence's''The Rocking─ Horse Winner''

''horse''的意象帶有''性''，文中也顯示男孩Paul的 ''Oedipus Complex''。
西方花園(garden)的意象''Fall'：''成熟到掉落''、''自身墮落''等含意。

• 創世記《Genesis》

Forbidden fruit → Enlightenment → knowledge、free will、Temptation

•    莎士比亞《暴風雨》nature V.S. narture 

•    Flat character (平板角色)(stock stereo type)    

• Round character

•  Manual  manufactory   manipulate(操縱)

• 〈The piano〉

•  Born Nottinghamshire(燒、埋之意)

• You are all lost generation(1920)

•   Beat generation (1960)

• 單字解釋

1. tedious
2. clash、crash crack clamour 
3. confront 
4. censorship 
5. glamour 
6. dumpling 
7. rice dumpling 
8. expatriate

閱讀題記(2)

一頭栽入讀書世界，先在此做個記號。

• 《異數：超凡與平凡的界線在哪裡？》麥坎爾‧格拉威爾(Malcolm Gladwell)著

       其實這些科普人文系列對我而言，如果不是特別有所感觸，就會輕飄飄地劃過心田，然後消失無蹤。但這本卻是佳作， 我將會為了我與我家族的文化遺澤深深努力者(笑)。

• 《奧杜邦的祈禱》 伊坂幸太郎 著 

    伊坂的作品中，算是我相當喜歡的一部。閱讀前面時，有時會覺得這些情節有點瑣碎，不太能明白其中隱隱呼之欲出的事物。但到了後半部，所有的一切又巧妙連結起來，而最後稻草人與少女對話，自然流暢，宛如倒映著藍天的淺淺美麗水田，優雅自在。

• 《摩登時代：MODERN TIMES》 伊坂幸太郎 著

           接續《魔王》的故事背景架構，建議先看《魔王》再閱讀，就會發現伊坂幸太郎的功力之巧妙，娛樂之中你會發現自己正確實在思考些什麼。強力推薦。

• 《天生嫩骨：餐桌邊的成長記事》露絲‧雷舒爾(Ruth Reichl)著

          想吃!!!

•  《共生蟲》村上隆 著

• 《在森崎書店的日子》八木澤里志 著
• 《續‧在森崎書店的日子》八木澤里志 著

輕鬆治癒系的戀愛故事，在續集裡又對親情加以著墨，加深不少它的深度。不到兩小時就能解決，又毫無負擔的作品。

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• Continue notes on Araby

• W.H.Auden〈When I was one –and –twenty〉

 

• When I was one-and-twenty
  I heard a wise man say,
  "Give crowns and pounds and guineas
  But not your heart away;
  Give pearls away and rubies
  But keep your fancy free."
  But I was one-and-twenty,
  No use to talk to me.
  When I was one-and-twenty
  I heard him say again,
  "The heart out of the bosom
  Was never given in vain;
  'Tis paid with sighs aplenty
  And sold for endless rue."
  And I am two-and-twenty
  And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
  
  ── by A.E. Housman