Term explanation:
1. Onomatopoeia
An onomatopoeia is a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. Onomatopoeia refers to the property of such words. Common occurrences of onomatopoeias include animal noises such as "oink", "miaow" (or "meow"), "roar" or "chirp".
2. nonsense
Nonsense is a communication, via speech, writing, or any other symbolic system, that lacks any coherent meaning. Sometimes in ordinary usage, nonsense is synonymous with absurdity or the ridiculous. Many poets, novelists and songwriters have used nonsense in their works, often creating entire works using it for reasons ranging from pure comic amusement or satire, to illustrating a point about language or reasoning.
3. nursery rhymes
A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the late 18th/early 19th century and in North America the term Mother Goose Rhymes, introduced in the mid-18th century, is still often used.
4. Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary plot element, theme, or setting. Such as “Peter Pan”, “the Wonderful Wizard of Oz” and “the Lord of Rings.”
5. Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault was a French author. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots), La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty)
Essay
1. What is children's literature? Are there certain specific characteristics detaching children’s literature from adult’s books? If yes, what are they? If no, why are we here to study this subject?
Children's literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are enjoyed by children. Some of them are oral tradition, that adults shared with children before publishing existed. Therefore, there are certain specific characteristics detaching children’s literature from adults’ book.
In my opinion, these children’s books offer readers enjoyment as well as memorable characters and situation and valuable insights into the human condition. Parents read these books for sharing life experience with amusement way, and some characters represents bad person that remind children should beware of. At the same time, there are some plot with easier word that conveys system of values.
2. The climax is the high point of the story, where the culmination of events creates the peak of the conflict. In the plot of narrative work, a resolution consists of a series of events that follow the climax, and thus serves as the conclusion of the story, even though not all stories have a resolution. Could you (1) relocate where the climax of Charlotte's Web is and (2) analyze your resolution that (3) associated with the idea of conflicts?
I consider the climax of Charlotte’s Web is the time when Charlotte die at the fair. That means an end of life, however, her children provide perpetual friends for Wibur. The conflict is that Wibur isn’t stupid anymore. He learned how to help his best friend and overcame difficulties, for example, he could ask for the rat`s help to ship the egg sac rather than doing nothing. Life is short, what I learned from Charlotte is that do the best without regret.
3. We’ve watched an enchanting film, "Miss Potter," based on the life of Beatrix Potter, the best-selling author of children's books of all time, this semester before the midterm. One of the phrases that opens and ends the whole movie is the voice of the title protagonist, “there's something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. You can never quite tell where they will take you. Mine took me here, where I belong.” Could you paraphrase what that means in the context of your understanding of Miss Potter’s works, life, as well as your life experience and expectation?
As far as I know, Miss Potter persistently did her works, searched the publisher for books, even though she met her current situation. Life is unsure, I’m not sure who I am in the future but one day I can announce that” I led myself to the place where I belong.”
4. Who is Mother Goose? Is she real?
Mother Goose is an iconic figure in literature, associated with both fairy tales and nursery rhymes. The modern American reader may be most familiar with the classic book of short poems called The Real Mother Goose first published in 1916. Many of these poems are well known adaptations of poems or songs for children, long predating the publication of the book. In my opinions, Mother Goose is such as Aunt Tiger. If children weren`t sleep at night, parents would threat them by making stories.
