Week Seven (2017.3.30)
1. realism: literary realism, in contrast to idealism, attempts to represent familiar things as they are
naturalism: a literary movement that emphasizes observation and the scientific method in the fictional portrayal of reality
neorealism: they set out to explore the spirit of their age through the shapes and colours of daily life
surrealism: a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality"
3. The Shawshank Redemption: a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, and starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. Adapted from the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, the film tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murder of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. (IMDb with trailer)
4. 參加比賽: enter a contest
go too far: to behave in a way that upsets or annoys people
absurd: ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous
see back→ please turn to the reversed side/ please reverse to the other side
off spring 後代子孫
5. The Brothers Four - Both Sides Now
玻璃之城 - Try to Remember (The Brothers Four)
Every cloud has a silver lining. - something that you say which means that there is something good even in an unpleasant situation
Silver Linings Playbook: a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell. It was adapted from the novel The Silver Linings Playbook, by Matthew Quick. The film stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, and Julia Stiles in supporting roles.
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