碩士 / 國立臺東大學 / 進修部兒文所碩士班(台北夜間) / 106 / Mentioned in the book The Annals of the Western Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin, the talents are not only known as innate abilities or gifts from the nature, but also the hidden theme that focus on “ who am I, where am I going ” in the way of fantasy. The thesis is mainly discussing the characters in The Annals of the Western Shore about the meaning and their spirits of pursuing talents by analysing the structure of the story, finding out the designed elements and changes during the developing process of talent. The first chapter is the introduction indicating research background ,research motive, research topics, research methods, study area and the limits. The literature not only analyses the differences between The Annals of the Western Shore and two other chapters in The Earthsea Cycle, which is The Tombs of Atuan and The Farthest Shore, but gathers the definitions of Fantasy literature to figure out the meaning and possibilities of talent with parenting manual as a reference and to organize as the background of research.
Discussions in chapter 2 The Beginning of Talent focus on the talent and the following development of the four main characters which are Orrec Caspro, Gry Barre, Memer Galva and Gavir Aytana Sidoy after observing the developing process of their personalities through conquering the trials from reality. In Chapter 3 The Way of Talent discuss the relationship between the characters and themselves in the process of pursuing their talent by examining the structure and creation method of the story and the hidden viewpoints behind each characters. In Chapter 4 The Mirror of Talent discuss about the response to their talents and to the life afterwards. Chapter 5 is the conclusion. After a series of analysis about the main characters, the conclusion emphasized the necessity to build the awareness of pursuing our own talent and to begin the journey for ourselves.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/107NTTU5638010 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | yunshuan.Hsu, 許芸瑄 |
| Contributors | 葛容均 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 113 |
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