文學作品導讀week17

 

1.vocabulary

 

Mend(v.): (used with object) to make (something broken, worn,

torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing.

Flunk(v.): verb (used without object) to fail in a course or examination.

 

Assistantship 助教獎學金

 

Tuition

For example:

I’ve got tuition waiver = I’ve got tuition free.

Biff(n.): a blow; punch.

Biff(v.): (used with object) to hit; punch.

 

 

2. Arther Asher Miller

 

Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was

a prolific American playwright, essayist, and prominent figure in

twentieth-century American theatre. The drama Death of a Salesman

is often numbered on the short list of finest American plays in the

20th century alongside Long Day's Journey into Night and A Streetcar

Named Desire.

 

Death of a Salesman

 

Death of a Salesman is a 1949 play written by American playwright

Arthur Miller. It was the recipient of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

and Tony Award for Best Play. The play premiered on Broadway in

February 1949, running for 742 performances, and has been revived

on Broadway four times, winning three Tony Awards for Best Revival.

It is widely considered to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century.

 

# sparknotes: Death of a Salesman

 

Movie: Death of a Salesman (movie)

 

3.movie: catch me if you can(trailer)

      # Catch Me If You Can Restaurant Scene

        # "Two Little Mice" speech by Christopher Walken

Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American biographical crime film,

based on the life of Frank Abagnale, who, before his 19th birthday,

successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a

Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana

parish prosecutor. His primary crime was check fraud; he became so

experienced that the FBI eventually turned to him for help in catching

other check forgers.

 

 

4. CliffsNotes

 

CliffsNotes (formerly Cliffs Notes, originally Cliff's Notes and often,

erroneously, CliffNotes) are a series of student study guides available

primarily in the United States. The guides present and explain literary

and other works in pamphlet form or online. Detractors of the study

guides claim they let students bypass reading the assigned literature.

The company claims to promote the reading of the original work, and

does not view the study guides as a substitute for that reading.

 

 

5. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882)

was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's

Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first

American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, and was one

of the five Fireside Poets.

 

 

A Psalm of Life

 

"A Psalm of Life" is a poem written by American writer Henry

Wadsworth Longfellow, often subtitled "What the Heart of the

Young Man Said to the Psalmist".

 

 

6. The Giver

 

The Giver is a 1993 American young-adult utopian novel by Lois

Lowry. It is set in a society which at first appears to be a utopian

society but is later revealed to be a dystopian one as the story progresses.