Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Reading Lolita 作业 II -- 提问题

1. page 12, "I pointed to the butterfly: did you wear this in honor on nabokov?" why it refers to Nabokov here? any history?

2. p. 1, "I often teasingly reminded my students of Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and asked, Which one of you will finally betry me?" Can 大雁 tell us what does this reference mean?

3. p. 1, what is the professor's recommendation in reading fiction?

4. Mitra 美而不俗,为什么? 姥姥只用了两个字来描写她,够吗?

5. Describe some characteristics of Cheshire Cat.

6. 在《第13个故事》和《在德黑兰读洛莉塔》中同时提到Bronte. 伊朗的大学不准讲Bronte? 因为她宽恕通奸。 这指的是那部小说?

7. p. 12 Why did Manna suggest to call our class "a space of our own", a sort of communal version of Virginia Woolf's room of her own?

4 comments:

雪 said...

Thanks, question #2 is also the question I raised to myself.

五嶽獨尊 said...

Have you figured out Question 1 about butterfly?

雪 said...

Just finished the movie "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and I am amazed how professor related the book to the movie.

五嶽獨尊 said...

That is good. You will tell us about it at meeting. Dayan has been released the duty of answering this question.

Are you going to wear something with Butterfly?