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| Michael Ondaatje |
| 麥可•翁達傑 |
| 圖片來源：http://www.digidot.com/sal9697/Michael_Ondaatje_photo.html |
| 主要文類：Novel |
| 資料提供者：Kate Liu (劉紀雯) |
| 關鍵字詞：World Literature; Canadian Literature; The English Patient |
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 The
Film The English Patient --War
and Love
- Psychological reconstruction of the
characters:
- Hana
--sees herself as a curse
- Caravaggio--obsessed
with revenge
- The
English Patient
- "The Heart of the organ of fire"--the
relationship between Almasy and Katherine
Where is the mutual attraction?
- Almasy
--in lack of social grace, his
reservation, his following her, his warning to the husband, and his
writing into the book Histories, his story about
being a slave to her
- Katherine--her
story about the Queen and Gyges, her pictures, her slapping him
- the
sand storm--his story about a nation battling against
the wind
Passion: love-making on
Christmas eve --"New Lovers . . . smash everything."
- Almasy
--his story about being a slave to her
- Katherine--her
story about the Queen and Gyges, her slapping him
- What has love to do with the
war? Human body and the land?
- ownership--K's shoulder, and the end
of her neck
- betrayal
- Clifton's role
- The International Sand Club, the
suicide of Madox, the "betrayal" of Almasy
- the last speech by Katherine
--meaning that love, unlike war, transcend boundaries?
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