兒童文學 Week 5

Camomile： Chamomile or  is the common name for several daisy-like plants of the family Asteraceae that are commonly used to make herb infusions to serve various medicinal purposes. Popular uses of chamomile preparations include treating hay fever, inflammation, muscle spasms, menstrual disorders, insomnia, ulcers, gastrointestinal disorders, and haemorrhoids. Camomile tea is also used to treat skin conditions such as eczema, chickenpox and psoriasis.



Beatrix Potter： an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Born into a privileged household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developing a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted.

Though Potter was typical of women of her generation in having limited opportunities for higher education, her study and watercolors of fungi led to her being widely respected in the field of mycology. In her thirties, Potter published the highly successful children's book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter began writing and illustrating children's books full-time.

Beatrix is an Italian name-----Beatrice evolved from
Ex：Beatrice Portinari(the principal inspiration for Dante)



Dante： a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa and later christened Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.


The Divine Comedy ： a poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century. It helped establish the Tuscan language, in which it is written, as the standardized Italian language. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

the guide during Dante's journey
Inferno：guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil
Purgatorio：guided by the Roman poet Virgil, except for the last four cantos at which point Beatrice                        takes over as Dante's guide.
Paradiso ：guided by Beatrice, who symbolises theology



Charlotte's Web：a children's novel by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published in October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such as "Some Pig") in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live.


conflict of the Charlotte's Web：

fancy wording of Charlotte：

Greeting with other's
"My name is______. What's your name？"
"Great name"

"ignorance is blessing."= 無知便是福

promise to keep/ break/ make...= keep/ break/ make... the promise 遵守/打破/立下 約定

校長
高中以下：principal
大學：president

spring pig= the pig born in spring

childhood phase：childhood fantasy

gravy：meat sauce 


mashed potatoes with gravy

fair：1.A beautiful or beloved woman.
          2.a market.
          3.in conformity with rules or standards; legitimate