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Traditional literature using utensils or household articles
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wingyourdreams
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Traditional literature using utensils or household articles
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Dear all,
My friend is going to do her doctorate degree and her thesis is related to the use of utensils and household articles in literature. She needs to compare these uses in several languages. Unfortunately, she is not so good at English and she asks me to help her. I am a quite new member in this forum but I feel warm and lucky to be here as you all try your best to contribute to this teaching environment. In Vietnam, we consider teachers as noble career!
If possible, please help me with some of your literature works which use utensils or household articles with implied meaning. These can be poems, idioms, stories or novels such as "apron string", etc.
Thank you very much for your help!
Nguyen Trung Kien from Vietnam
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30 Mar 2009
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alien boy
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Hi!
This article about food in literature might be a good starting point:
http://www.enotes.com/twentieth-century-criticism/food-literature
Is your friend after adult or childrens � literature?
I could recommend �Like Water for Chocolate � - a wonderful book from Mexico (I think)
There are some wonderful movies that are also likely to be available as books:
�Babette �s Feast � (French), �Chocolat � (French), �The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover � (English), �Delicatessen � (French).
As I think of more items I �ll add them to the post.
As far as originally English books go, I �m not really sure at the moment... but I �m sure I �ll remember some soon!
Cheers!
Childrens´ books/stories: The Magic Wishing Chair, Through the Looking Glass (Alice in Wonderland), The Magic Pudding...
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30 Mar 2009
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wingyourdreams
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Thank you both of you for your information. My friend is preparing her thesis in terms of language in relation with culture aspect regarding the use of such things in literature. In Vietnam we have a lot of verses and literature works with implied meaning for these items. However, a comparison is required with different cultures regardless of adult or children books but preferably, traditional works such as poems, novels, and epic. I am still waiting for further support from you guys!
By the way, have a nice evening to all (evening time in Vietnam now)
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30 Mar 2009
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alien boy
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Hi wingyourdreams!
I assume you mean metaphorical use? Now, if you do & your looking for traditional works then you �ll be looking at Shakespearean era, Medieval,or do you mean folk stories? There �s not really any �childrens � literature until the 19th & 20th centuries in English. I �ll check a few of my other cooking related references. It �s a shame I don �t have my Larousse Gastronomique here in Japan, it would have some very useful items (as would the rest of my collection, back in Australia)
I �ll post a few more references for you tomorrow (Tokyo time). I think
I may have a few useful references around here somewhere. So please be a little
patient 
Have a good night!
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30 Mar 2009
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