분야
hwpⅡ. Plot Summary
Ⅲ. Characters
Ⅳ. Historical Background
Ⅴ. Symbol & Important Lines
Avi was born in New York City on December 23, 1937 and was raised in Manhattan. (Telgen, 71:7) When he was young, he had dysgraphia, which is a writing problem. This played an important role in his life. Most of his school papers were covered in red pen. Avi once said," I wasn't even paying attention (to the red marks) to it. I liked what I wrote."(JRDA) He was also influenced by his family, who were very involved with the arts. He said, "a very strong art community and what this meant for me as a child was that there was always a kind of uproarious sense of debate. It was all very affectionate sharing of ideas--arguing, but not arguing in anger, arguing about ideas. (JRDA) Avi describes his adolescence in this quote, "I think my adolescence was unhappy in the way that many adolescents' lives are unhappy." (JRDA) Avi attended the University of Wisconsin and received a BA in 1959 and his MA in 1962. He also attended Columbia University and received his MLS in 1964. (Telgen 71:7)
Avi's family had a great influence on his life. His father Joseph is a psychiatrist; his mother Helen is a social worker; his first wife Joan Gabriner is a weaver; and his present wife Coppelia Kahn is a English professor. His great grandparents, his grandma, his brothers and his aunt were all writers; two of his uncles were painters; another uncle was a composer; and both Avi's parents wrote. All of these people contributed to the fact that Avi is a writer. (Telgen 71:7)
www.avi-writer.com/
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=2182http://www2.scholastic.com/
http://janet-twu.tripod.com/id6.html
www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/avi.html
www.britannia.com/history (history of Medieval England)
www.bbc.co.uk/history/(history - monarchs, wars, the plague, etc.)
especially www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/welfare
The Black Death by Mike Ibeji
The Black Death: The Symptoms and the Blame by Mike IbejiThe Social Legacy of the Black Death by Mike IbejiThe Impact of the Black Death by Professor Tom JamesPlague and the Countryside by Mike Ibeji
www.historylearningsite.co.uk (everyday life, castles)
