2013年3月26日 星期二

roman, narrative, bowel, garner, resolute opposition


 Blending themes of pop culture with techniques reminiscent of the old masters, Mark Ryden has created a singular style that blurs the traditional boundaries between high and low art. His work first garnered attention in the 1990s when he ushered in a new genre of painting, "Pop Surrealism," dragging a host of followers in his wake. He has trumped the initial surrealist strategies by choosing subject matter loaded with cultural connotation.

對這場危機的主要敘述將對這些問題的答案產生深刻影響。「敘述」(Narrative)超越了戲劇性故事本身的發展。它對已經發生的事情提供解釋,並為未來的構想提供框架。大約存在12種關於大衰退(Great Recession)的敘述。
A crisis in search of a narrative by



By LIAQUAT AHAMED
Reviewed by JOE NOCERA A grand narrative of the events leading to the Great Depression, built around the stories of four powerful central bankers.


The Spare Room is a novel by Australian writer Helen Garner, set over the course of three weeks while the narrator, Helen, cares for a friend dying of bowel cancer. The Spare Room was published in 2008.

"resolute opposition"


It is not a surprise that China has expressed its "resolute opposition" - it objects to most of the Dalai Lama's overseas visits. Beijing believes his aim is to garner support for Tibetan independence.

bow・el



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── n. 腸の一部; (pl.) 腸, 內臓; (pl.) 內部, 奧; 〔古〕 (pl.) 情け.
bowel movement [motion] 便通 ((略 BM)).

narrate
verb [T]
to tell a story, often by reading aloud from a text, or to describe events as they happen:
Documentaries are often narrated by well-known actors.
One by one the witnesses narrated the sequence of events which led up to the disaster.

narration
noun
1 [U] the act of telling a story

2 [C or U] a spoken description of events given during a film or television programme:
Dame Judi Dench did the narration for the documentary.

narrative
noun [C or U] FORMAL
a story or a description of a series of events:
It's a moving narrative of wartime adventure.

narrator
noun [C]
the character who tells you what is happening in a book or film



Wikipedia article "Roman Polanski". 的自述"Roman by Polanski "雙關語:roman 是法語」小說」又是他的名字。
· Polanski, Roman. (1984). "Roman". New York: Morrow. (1985). "Roman". London: Heinemann. London: Pan.


roman

n.
  1. A narrative poem or a prose tale in medieval French literature.
  2. A novel.
[French, from Old French romans, romance. See romance.]




garner

 
音節
gar • ner
発音
gɑ'ːrnər
レベル
社会人必須
garnerの変化形
garners (複数形) • garnered (過去形) • garnered (過去分詞) • garnering (現在分詞) • garners (三人称単数現在)
((形式))[動](他)
1 (穀物倉・貯蔵所などに)…をたくわえる, 蓄積する;…を集める.
2 …を得る, 手に入れる.
━━[名]
1 穀物倉.
2 たくわえ, 蓄積, 貯蔵.

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