Childhoodterrors童年的恐惧.PDFVIP

新东方《考研英语历年真题详解及复习指南》同源精读 『美国儿童文学作家莫里斯·桑达克作品中的主人 公即可怕又滑稽，包括其中获得了凯迪克大奖的 《野兽国》。桑达克的作品通常被认为是黑暗的和 尖刻的，但是他本人却认为这是对孩提时候无力 和恐惧的忠实。』 Childhood terrors 童年的恐惧 May 16th 2012 | from the Economist 1 IN 1963 the Caldecott Medal , given yearly for the best picture-book for children published in America, went to “The Snowy Day”, a pleasant, anodyne2 tale about a boy named Peter who tromps3 around snowy city streets and then returns home to a maternal4 embrace. In 1965 “May I Bring a Friend?” won the Caldecott; it was a similarly unruffling story of a boy who brings exotic5 animals to visit a king and queen. In between6 those two prizes, the Caldecott went to “Where the Wild Things Are”, by Maurice Sendak, which was an altogether different sort of book. Peter may have had darker skin than the average children’s-book lead character, but he was otherwise indistinguishable7 : obedient, mother-loving, appropriately curious, dutiful, safe. The protagonist8 of “Where the Wild Things Are”was none of those things. The story opens with him pounding nails into a wall as a pathetic-looking stuffed animal dangles from a noose tied to a clothes hangar. He then chases a frightened-looking dog out the door, and when his mother yells at him he yells right back. As anyone who has sons knows, this is what a real boy does, especially in that 1 the Caldecott Medal 凯迪克大奖，美国最具权威的绘本奖，被认为是绘本的“奥斯卡”奖。凯迪克大奖 代表童书界的至高荣誉，得奖作品皆是举世公认的杰作。 2 anodyne /5AnEdaIn/ adj. 放松的；安慰的anodyne novels about country life（关于乡村生活的消遣小说）