Reading Lolita 作业 III -- Have you been seduced yet？

雪 said once "I was enjoying to read Lolita and didn't feel any negative feeling to Humbert at the begining, the main male character in Lolita."

1. What is your reaction to the characters, such as Humber and Lolita? Do do this you have to read/read about Lolita or watch the movie if you prefer before Sept. 2nd. (紫罗兰，水竹，阿兰，爱丽丝， 姥姥）

2. (在线观看）The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie -- 《布蘿迪小姐的青春》by Spark （雪）

爱丽丝的恳求，大家的责任

爱丽丝勇挑重任，不仅应下领读《第13个故事》的重任，而且主动为大家借书和book-on-cd等。现在她恳求大家每人针对《第13个故事》最少提一个问题.。我们每人手里都有了一本，有的人开始读，在读的过程中，一定有疑问；有的人已经读完了，结尾也知道了，提问题的针对性就更对症了，不过不要泄露秘密。
你们可以把问题写在Comment里。我会copy-paste them to this post.

1.故事中套故事，但每个故事都没有明确指出年代，从叙述中你能猜出来它们是哪个年代发生的故事吗？

2. Why Vida Winters picked Lea to write her biography?

3. Hester, the governess, after much reading and discussing with the Doctor, had proposed an original research plan concerning the twins. What was the plan? What was the immediate aftermath of the research?

4. Hester imposed cleanness and order, among many other things, in the twins’ household, but left Charlie, the guardian alone. Why? And what was Charlie’s reaction to Hester’s practice?

5. And who killed John-the-dig and Why?

6. When did the "ghost" start living/ haunting the house? How long did Hester live in the house? During Hester's stay, and it sounded she checked and organized all places in the house, why did she only encounter the "ghost" only once? After all, which room did the "ghost" rest when it was not "haunting"?

7. 为什么维达温特决定在临终之际把她隐瞒多年的真相说出来？

8. In what ways did they affect Lea's inner emotions by listening to Winter's life story? -- What kind of person was M. Lea and how did she change?

9. 书中多处提到，《呼啸山庄》《简爱》。是泛泛一提，还是作者隐喻的技巧？为什么这么说？
10. Your experience of reading a book like this. What have you learn from your reading? Do you like or dislike novels of this kind? Why? Do you agree with Margaret Lea that there are simply too many books to read during one's life time? You have to draw the line. Where is your line?

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?

Reading Lolita 作业 I

Before next meeting in September we only need to read:

In Part I -- Lolita -- the first 1-4小节(about 18 pages in my trade paper back edition. You may find yours slightly different. The last sentence ends with something like this : "They kept that arrangement, faithfully, to the end. It became representative of their emotional boundaries and personal relations. And so began our first class"

That is only a very short introduction of the group. The homework for everyone is to find your part and write a paragraph or two of yourself (the characters)

If you still don't know who you are let me refresh:

1. Azar (Professor) =阿颯兒 (教授) -- Alice, 萤火虫

2. Nassrin (Cheshire cat) =娜絲琳 (柴郡猫）-- 大雁

3. Manna (poet) =瑪纳 (诗人）-- 水竹

4. Mahshid (The Lady) = 瑪荷希 (夫人）-- 阿兰，雪

5. Yassi (the youngest) -- 雅西 (最年轻的）-- 竹林子

6. Azin (The wild one) = 阿金 (野丫头）-- 紫罗兰

7. Mitra (The calmest) = 密德拉 (最冷静的） -- 姥姥

8. Sanaz (vacillated) = 沙娜姿 (摇摆不定） -- 老牛

This is the homework for this week. You can each put your homework in the Comments or in the Document in google. Everyone is required to participate, otherwise ...

Reading Lolita

姥姥提醒我们最好先读Lolita, 然后再开始读Reading Lolita in Tehran. That is a brilliant idea.

Here is the homework for everyone before we meet next time. Everyone is required either make a post or comment about Lolita.

About you have search in the internet, read the summary, watch the movie, etc.

The 13th Tale -- Publisher's site

Listen to the interview in the Publisher's site.

Interview in Yorkshire Post

在线阅读部分《第13个故事》
在线阅读 The 13th Tale 英文

Some of the books mentioned in RLIT

I have tried to find as much information about books and authors as possible but I'm not completely successful as you can see below. You are more than welcome to add more links you come upon in your search. Put them in the Comments which will be added to the list in no time.

Thanks a bunch.

1. Lolita -- 《蘿莉塔》-- Nabokov by 纳伯科夫 -- Humbert -- 杭伯特 -- the main character
2. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie -- 《布蘿迪小姐的青春》by Spark
3. 1984 -- 《一九八四》by Orwell
4. Invitation to a Beheading --《斩首的邀请》by Nabokov
5. A thousand and one night -- 《一千零一夜》
6. Pride and prejudice -- 《傲慢与偏见》by Austen
7. Madame Bovary --《包法利夫人》by Flaubert
8. Daisy Miller -- 《黛西米勒》by Henry James
9. The Dean‘s December -- 《副主教的十二月》by Saul Bellow
10. A room of one's own 《自己的房间》by – by Virginia Woolf
11. The Great Gatsby 《伟大的盖茨比》/《大亨小传》by Scott Fitzgerald
12. Washington square --《华盛顿广场》 by Henry James