2016年6月16日 星期四

Young adult fiction note week 10: D. H. Lawrence’s "The Rocking-Horse Winner"

D. H. Lawrence
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BornDavid Herbert Richards Lawrence
11 September 1885
Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Died2 March 1930 (aged 44)
Vence, France
OccupationNovelist, poet
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Period1907–1930
GenreModernism
Notable works

    D. H. Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter. His collected works, among other things, represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialization. In them, some of the issues Lawrence explores are emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct.  From Wikipedia



    "The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a short story by D. H. Lawrence. It was first published in July 1926, in Harper's Bazaar and subsequently appeared in the first volume of Lawrence's collected short stories.
From Wikipedia

  • find fault with 找碴
  • pornography 色情
  • rack her brains 絞盡腦汁 (rack 架構)
  • frenzy: wild, mad



...非得有很多的錢,多得滿了出來,才肯花在女儿的學費上——女儿的大學文憑原是最狂妄的奢侈品。...引用自張愛玲的作品《花凋》 

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    Harper's Bazaar is an American women's fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper's Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for "women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture."  From Wikipedia



How to take great notes:
1. write conclusions, not facts
2. use color pens: Question in blue Answer in red Conclusion in green
3. review in 10 minutes: teach others



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