What is “Children’s Literature”?
→ A literature for children, about children, upon children
Environment + (issue): the conditions that affect the behaviors and development of somebody/something
Circumstance: the conditions and facts that are connected with and affect a situation
Situation + (comedy): all the circumstances and things that are happening at a particular time and in a particular place
Cir- circle circular
circum, |
around, about |
Circulation
Circus
Circum
Circumnavigate
Circumstantial: containing information and details that strongly suggest that something is true but do not prove it
Leukemia: a serious disease in which too many white blood cells are produced, causing weakness and sometimes death
Diversity ↔ University
(two, twice) (one, single)
Protagonist ↔ Antagonist
(Supporting characters)
Nursery rhyme 童謠
Nursery room 育嬰房
Drop: a small round sweet/candy of the type mentioned (ex: cough drop)
ex |
from, out, |
Exodus
幻想和現實的“連結物”:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Fantasy: not realistic) → dream, imagination
Peter Pan→ twinkling pixie dust from Tinker Bell(金粉)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz→ tornado
Fairy tales
Aesop (Greek) → “One man’s meat is another man’s poison.”
Grimm (German)
Andersen (Danish)
The inspiration of the tales
Oz→friendship, courage and dream
Chosen
↓
Job
Samuel (sound)
Jonah
Moses (burning bush)
Arthur (sword)
Lion → cowardly
Scarecrow → brain
Tin man → heart
Oz → the wonderful of drugs
Dorothy → home (shoes)
Song: somewhere over the rainbow