Week17
What is literature?
1. Read for pleasure
2. For understanding 增加同理心
3. To show the motive
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel".
✴The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:(湯姆歷險記)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 noval about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived.
The novel represents, in general, a significant literary departure for Twain. He toned down the large-scale social satire that characterized many of his earlier works, choosing instead to depict the sustained development of a single, central character. Twain had originally intended for the novel to follow Tom into adulthood and conclude with his return to St. Petersburg after many years away. But he was never able to get his hero out of boyhood, however, and the novel ends with its protagonist still preparing to make the transition into adult life.
湯姆歷險記是一本寫實小說。
A quote from the book,"Spare the rod and spoil the child."(省了棍子寵壞孩子；不打不成器)
✴青少年文學的主角不是孤兒就是窮苦無依。
e.g.
1. Harry Potter
2. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ( Dorothy)
3. Petter Rabbit
4. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice)
5. The Secret Garden (Mary)
6. Little Women (March girls)
✴Sherlock Holmes:(福爾摩斯)
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic, Holmes is known for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science to solve difficult cases.
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—either professional or amateur—investigates a crime, often murder.
✴Youth (by Samual Ullman)
✴The Catcher in the Rye ( by J. D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. A controversial novel originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages. Around 250,000 copies are sold each year with total sales of more than 65 million books. The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion. The novel also deals with complex issues of identity, belonging, loss, and connection.
留言列表
