Children's Literature(Week 12) 上課筆記

Topic :To Kill a Mockingbird

1. Before the class

(1)Definition
a. What is that ?
b. What is that for ?
c. What should we care ?
d. Give an example .

(2)Harper lee postage stamp

(3)Harper Lee

     Harper Lee is an American author known for her 1961 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which deals with the issues of racism that the author observed as a child in her hometown of Monroeville , Alabama. Despite being Lee's only published book, it led to her being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature.

2. To Kill a Mockingbird(種族不平等)

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature.
The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality.

(1)To Kill a Mockingbird is a crime.

(2)角色

a. Atticus

b.Scout

c.Boo

d.Tom-Robinson

(3)Southern Gothic

(4)Bildungsroman

(5)issue of class , courage , compassion and gender

(6)Deep South

(7)Every adult should read before they die.

(8)Style

-Lee uses parody , satire , and irony effectively by using a child's perspective.

-preternatural vocabulary and depth of understanding.

(9)Person of the Week - Harper Lee Judy 2010

(10)To kill a Mockingbird (1/10) Movie CLIP - What Kind of Man Are You ? (1962)

(11)To kill a Mockingbird (15min簡短版)

a. Lesson 1 : Put yourself in other people's shoe's

b. Lesson 2 : Don't kill Mockingbird

c. Lesson 3 : Keep frighting even if you know you'll lose

d. Lesson 4 : The world is very unfair