WEEK 05 兒童文學筆記

1. Information 

a. Peter Rabbit

                                    
Peter Rabbit is a fictional animal character in various children' s stories by Beatrix Potter. He first appeared in The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902 and subsequently in five more books between 1904 and 1912. Spinoff merchandise includes dishes, wallpaper, and dolls. He appears as a character in a number of adaptations.

b. Peter Rabbit looks for the parsley

First he ate some lettuces and some French beans; and then he ate some radishes;

And then, feeling rather sick, he went to look for some parsley.

                                                                                           (小小綠色葉子，可以讓胃舒服)

c. A promise is to be kept!

Charlotte says she will never break the promise, and in the end of the movie, she told to Wilbur that she won't break her promise. Also, she said to Wilbur that he was going to see the snow of winter.

d. Ignorance is bliss.

It means that not knowing is better than knowing and worrying.

e. Some pig

Homer Zuckerman: 

Well, what can I say about this pig that hasn't already been said?

 I know a lot of you folks have come out to the farm and you've seen the words, and a lot of you have asked me, 'how could this have happened?'.

 I don't know, but it has happened... at a time when we really don't see many miraculous things.

 Maybe we do.

 Maybe they're all right there around us everyday, we just don't know where to look. 

There's no denying that our own little Wilbur... he's part of something that's bigger than all of us.

 And life on that farm's just a whole lot better with him in it. He really is some pig. 

2. extra information

a. Flora (mythology)

In Roman mythology, Flora was a Sabine-derived goddess of flowers and of the season of spring – a symbol for nature and flowers (especially the may-flower). While she was otherwise a relatively minor figure in Roman mythology, being one among several fertility goddesses, her association with the spring gave her particular importance at the coming of springtime, as did her role as goddess of youth.

b. Florence Cathedral

The Dome of Florence Cathedral (Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flowers) is the main church of Florence, Italy. Il Duomo di Firenze, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style with the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris.

Dante Before the City of Florence by Domenico di Michelino (1465). This painting is especially interesting because it shows us, apart from scenes of the Divine Comedy, a view on Florence in 1465, a Florence such as Dante himself could not have seen in his time.