文學作品導讀week10

 

1.vocabulary

 

Mori-: Latin mori "to die"

For example:

Mortal: subject to death; having a transitory life

memento mori: (italics) Latin. remember that you must die.

 

Fra- : 破碎，片段

For example:

Fragment (n.): a part broken off or detached

Frap (v.): to lash down or together

Frame (n.): a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.

 

Fragile (adj.): easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate;

brittle; frail

 

Scri- : noun use of neuter past participle of scribere "to write,"

For example:

Description (n.): a statement, picture in words, or account that describes

Prescription (n.): a direction, usually written, by the physician to the

pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy.

 

 

Sol-: from Latin sol "the sun, sunlight,"

For example:

Solar (adj.): of or relating to the sun

Solo (n.): any performance, as a dance, by one person

Solitude (n.): the state of being or living alone; seclusion

 

 

Dict- to say, to tell, word

For example:

Predict (v.): to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell

Dictator (n.):a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who

has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary

succession.

Dictation (n.):  the act or manner of dictating for reproduction in writing.

 

Gay: 1. of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed

 toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual

    2. from Old French gai "joyful, happy; pleasant, agreeably charming;

forward, pert; light-colored"

 

Daffodil

The daffodil is the national flower of Wales, associated with Saint

David's Day (March 1). The narcissus is also a national flower

symbolising the new year or Newroz in the Iranian culture.

 

 

2. Joseph Conrad

 

Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the

greatest novelists to write in the English language. He wrote

stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials

of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive, inscrutable universe.

Conrad is considered an early modernist, though his works still

contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and

anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors, including

T. S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Graham Greene, and Salman Rushdie.

Many films have been adapted from, or inspired by, Conrad's works.

 

 

Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-British novelist

Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the

Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Marlow.

 

 

3.Herman Melville

 

 

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer,

and poet of the American Renaissance period best known for

Typee (1846), a romantic account of his experiences in Polynesian

life, and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851).

 

 

Bartleby, the Scrivener

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a short story by

the American writer Herman Melville. A Wall Street lawyer hires

a new clerk who—after an initial bout of hard work—refuses to

make copy and any other task required of him, with the words

"I would prefer not to". The lawyer cannot bring himself to

remove Bartleby from his premises, and decides instead to move

his office, but the new proprietor removes Bartleby to prison,

where he perishes.

 

 

 

4. PS, I Love You

 

PS, I Love You is Irish writer Cecelia Ahern's first novel,

published in 2004. The book reached No. 1 best-seller status

in Ireland(for 19 weeks), Britain, the United States, Germany,

and the Netherlands.

Plot: Holly and Gerry are a married couple who live in Dublin.

They are deeply in love, but they fight occasionally. By winter

that year, Gerry suddenly dies of a brain tumor and Holly realizes

how much he means to her as well as how insignificant their

arguments were.

 

movie: P.S. I Love You (Official Trailer #1 - (2007) )