文學作品導讀 week 4

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P131

Initiation stories

For example: The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catcher_in_the_Rye

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P137

ter- earth, land

For example:
terrain

territory

Terrorism

u   Munro's work has been described as having revolutionized the architecture of short stories, especially in its tendency to move forward and backward in time. Her stories embed more than announce, reveal more than parade.

      Parade-when people parade somewhere, they walk together in

        a formal group or a line, usually with other people watching them.

u  Munro's writing has established her as "one of our greatest contemporary writers of fiction," or, as Cynthia Ozick put it, "our Chekhov." Awarded the 2013Nobel Prize in Literature for her work as "master of the contemporary short story"

u  Who Do You Think You Are? is a book of short stories by Alice Munro, recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Munro

u  P138

magni- big

For example:
magnificent

magnify

magnitude

itis- inflammation

For example:
bronchitis

gastritis

sinusitis

u  Song: Danny boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJJd_3zvmd0

     When I am dead, as dead I well may be

u  A synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something, or vice-versa. An example is referring to workers as hired hands.

u  Movie: Elizabeth

u  This 1998 film is loosely based on the early years of Elizabeth's reign. In 2007, Blanchett and Rush reprised their roles in the sequel, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, covering the later part of her reign.The film brought Australian actress Blanchett to international attention. She won several awards for her portrayal of Elizabeth.

u  male- bad

      For example:
      malevolent
      maleficent
      malefactor

bene- good

For example:
benefit

beneficial

benefactor

u  Song: let it go                                              

                                                                                                     

       Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore

       Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door                     
I don't care
what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on.
The cold never bothered me anyway

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MK7qz13bU

Song: Stephen Foster, “Old Uncle Ned”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e46itK1f6tA

u  You sound silly.

u  mor ,mori –death
     For example: 
     morgue
     mortician
      Le Morte d’ Arthur

u  perception

      conception

      misconception

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       P128

       I was blind with rage.

P146

I was on Flora’s side, and that made me no use to anybody, not even to her. Just the same, I didn’t regret it; when she came running at me and I held the gate open that was the only thing I could do. à Conflicts

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