'Sir , I Have A Question'—The Research Of The Campus Novels of Andrew Clements
Autor: | Tseng, Shu Hui, 曾淑惠 |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
Popis: | 100 Andrew Clements is a best-selling author in America who has written well over 50 works. Clements creates picture books for children and writes novels for the adolescents. The most famous novel, which is also his first novel, is Frindle. It immediately became a best-seller right after being published and has won over 10 awards with copyright in more than 10 countries. Since the late 1960’s, American adolescent novels present a multiple appearance in the campus culture. The novel subject matters of Andrew Clements are mostly about challenging authorities. There are many topics for discussions about the campus and its humorous contents as well as the use of satire aiming at educational conditions. The writer observes the adolescents carefully and captures trifles in the campus to connect with various people and their funny stories with his proficient writing skills. What’s more, his further observation and sincere suggestions are implied in his humorous tones as well as his attempt to grant adult readers an access to the adolescents’ world and know about their thoughts and actions. The writer believes that such literary works have a positive value in the growing and enlightenment of adolescent readers and also make parents and teachers think more and be inspired in different aspects. From the comprehensive survey conducted in Taiwan, we can see that the literatures about Andrew Clements’s campus novels are quite few. The author takes the ten translated novels released in Taiwan as research category, explores the book subjects and reflects on the current education problems in Taiwan and the confusion of education for parents. The author also explores the conflicting subjects from the aspects of sociology and psychology and analyzes the writing style and character-shaping technique by using textual analysis. It also discusses the reason why and how writing styles attract readers and how to acquire inspiration from the novels. This study also provides reference opinions for campus novels writers in Taiwan as well as for future follow-up researchers. |
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