2.20 Orientation

青少年文學通常包含以下情節
Life & Death
Dream & Adventure
Love & Lost

didactic 文以載道的 (中國思想) V.S represent 重現 (外國思想)

adolescent = young adult

Young adult literature
Problem novel → mostly identity question
Initiation and Quest (Journey)
Bildungsroman
Fantasy/Adventure
Detective Fiction

[Movies]
Hugo
“The whole world is a machine!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4XGyMdBOy0


The Secret Garden
“The whole world is a garden!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJCvbFLtRB0


[Notes]
initiation 成年禮
old spinster 老處女
governess 陪讀家教
pro- in front of
protagonist v.s. antagonist
minor 未成年 (16歲以下)
beginner permit 學習駕照 (16歲以上)
road test 路考
confirmation 堅證禮
→ to make sure you’re willing to be a Christian
leukemia 貧血；白血病
em- blood
Holden Caulfield → the protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye


[Quotes]
“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”

[Robert Burns]
Poem
A Red, Red Rose


Song
Comin' Thro' the Rye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJUIWYX8HlI