庭秀的部落格

今日主講

theme(大題)→subject matter(小題)→motif(母題)

 Memento mori-記得你終將一死

Memento mori is the medieval Latin theory and practice of reflection on mortality, especially as a means of considering the vanity of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits. It is related to the ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") and related literature. Memento mori has been an important part of ascetic disciplines as a means of perfecting the character, by cultivating detachment and other virtues, and turning the attention towards the immortality of the soul and the afterlife.

→在Romen Fever(課本p122)裡面有提到

"It seemed as though, to both, there was a relief in laying down their somewhat futile activities in the presence of the vast Memento Mori which faced them"

→mort-死亡

mortal/immortal(會死的/不會死的)/ mortality (必死性/死亡數)

 immoral(不道德的)/morality(道德)

 I am only flesh and blood. I am mortal.

 變形

Leda and the Swan

W. B. Yeats, 1865 - 1939

→Zeus變身侵犯別Leda的故事

The Metamorphosis-Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung, also sometimes translated as The Transformation) is short story, sometimes regarded as a novella, by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. The cause of Gregor's transformation is never revealed, and Kafka himself never gave an explanation. The rest of Kafka's novella deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome to his parents and sister, who are repulsed by the horrible, verminous creature Gregor has become.

The Metamorphoses (magnum opus of Ovid)

The Metamorphoses (Latin: Metamorphōseōn librī: "Books of Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus. Comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework.

→meta-形而上的

→morph=form=形式

→mag-大(magnum opus很大的作品

Speaker

Many times in poetry, personal feelings and thoughts are expressed in first person. However, just as the authors of novels do not necessarily feel and think the same things as their characters, poets who use “I” in their poems may not be speaking for themselves. This is sometimes as fine distinction, but it’s still important to remember that the speaker of the poem is the proper term in formal analysis.

Bibliography

Bibliography, as a discipline, is traditionally the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects.Carter and Barker describe bibliography as a twofold scholarly discipline—the organized listing of books and the systematic description of books as physical objects.

The Tempest

The Tempest is a 2010 American film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, featuring Helen Mirren in the principal role of Prospera.

Elegy-悼亡詩

An elegy is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament(feel sory) for the dead.

在國外參加婚禮不穿白色禮服!(白色是新娘在穿的!)

其他相關知識補充 

supreme court 最高法院

qua-四

quartet 四重奏

quartains 四行詩

string弦樂/brass 管樂

Cupid/Eros(念起來像error)→箭法不準常常射錯