Fiche à imprimer : Treasure Island, a coming-of-age story : le roman d'apprentissage (Première)

Anglais	Français
a coming-of-age story	un récit d'apprentissage
a first-person narrator	un narrateur à la première personne
a father figure	une figure paternelle
moral ambiguity	l'ambiguïté morale
to lose one's innocence	perdre son innocence
It suggests that...	Cela suggère que...

L'Île au trésor est raconté par Jim lui-même, devenu adulte : c'est un récit d'apprentissage. Le garçon quitte sa mère, affronte la violence, prend seul des décisions courageuses et découvre que les adultes ne sont ni tout bons ni tout mauvais. Long John Silver, à la fois charmant et sans scrupules, devient pour lui une figure paternelle ambiguë. À la fin, Silver s'enfuit avec une partie de l'or, et Jim ne veut plus jamais revoir l'île maudite.

Mise en situation : l'analyse en classe

Teacher : Why can we call Treasure Island a coming-of-age story?

Pourquoi peut-on dire que L'Île au trésor est un récit d'apprentissage ?

Jade : Because Jim grows up during the adventure. At the beginning, he's a boy who works at his mother's inn. By the end, he's taken huge risks on his own.

Parce que Jim grandit pendant l'aventure. Au début, c'est un garçon qui travaille à l'auberge de sa mère. À la fin, il a pris d'énormes risques tout seul.

Teacher : And what about Long John Silver?

Et Long John Silver ?

Hugo : He's a kind of father figure for Jim, but he's morally ambiguous. He's charming and loyal at times, and a ruthless traitor at others.

C'est une sorte de figure paternelle pour Jim, mais il est moralement ambigu. Il est charmant et loyal par moments, et traître sans pitié à d'autres.

Jade : The ending suggests that Jim has lost his innocence. He says he never wants to go back to that accursed island.

La fin suggère que Jim a perdu son innocence. Il dit qu'il ne veut jamais retourner sur cette île maudite.

Teacher : Excellent. And the narrator is Jim as an adult, looking back on his youth.

Excellent. Et le narrateur est Jim adulte, qui revient sur sa jeunesse.

À retenir

a coming-of-age story, a first-person narrator, the protagonist, a father figure, moral ambiguity.
to grow up, to lose one's innocence, to look back on ; It suggests that...

Exercice 1 : Le roman d'apprentissage : exercice 1 (QCM)

« un récit d'apprentissage »
1. a coming-of-age story
2. a coming-of-old story
3. a growing age of story
« un narrateur à la première personne »
1. a first narrator person
2. a first-person narrator
3. a person-first narrator
« une figure paternelle »
1. a paternal figure of
2. a fatherly face
3. a father figure
« l'ambiguïté morale »
1. moral ambiguity
2. moral ambiguous
3. morale ambiguity
« perdre son innocence »
1. to lose his innocent
2. to lose one's innocence
3. to loose one's innocence
« sans pitié »
1. ruthless
2. truthless
3. rootless
« Cela suggère que... »
1. It is suggesting of...
2. It suggests that...
3. It suggest that...
Qui raconte l'histoire ?
1. Jim adulte
2. le perroquet
3. Long John Silver
« revenir sur (le passé) »
1. to come back of
2. to look back on
3. to look after
« un traître »
1. a trader
2. a trainer
3. a traitor

Exercice 2 : Le roman d'apprentissage : exercice 2 (à compléter)

Jim grows .......................... during the adventure.
It's a coming-of- .......................... story.
Silver is a father .......................... for Jim.
He's morally .......................... .
He's a ruthless .......................... .
Jim has lost his .......................... .
The ending .......................... that Jim has changed.
The narrator is Jim as an .......................... .
He's looking .......................... on his youth.
He never wants to go .......................... to that island.

Exercice 3 : Le roman d'apprentissage : mise en situation

Le prof demande pourquoi c'est un récit d'apprentissage.
1. Why we can call it a coming-of-age story?
2. Why can we call it a coming-of-age story?
3. Why can we call it a coming-of-age history?
Jim grandit pendant l'aventure.
1. Jim grows up during the adventure.
2. Jim grows up while the adventure.
3. Jim grow up during the adventure.
Il a pris d'énormes risques seul.
1. He's took huge risks on his own.
2. He's taken huge risks on his own.
3. He's taken huge risks by his own.
Le prof demande ce qu'il en est de Silver.
1. And how about of Long John Silver?
2. And what about Long John Silver?
3. And what with Long John Silver?
C'est une figure paternelle.
1. He's a kind of father face for Jim.
2. He's kind of a father figure to Jim of.
3. He's a kind of father figure for Jim.
Il est moralement ambigu.
1. He's morally ambiguous.
2. He's morally ambiguity.
3. He's moral ambiguous.
Il est charmant par moments.
1. He's charming at times.
2. He's charming at time.
3. He's charmed at times.
La fin suggère que Jim a perdu son innocence.
1. The ending suggests that Jim has lost his innocence.
2. The end suggests that Jim has loosed his innocence.
3. The ending suggest that Jim has lost his innocence.
Le narrateur revient sur sa jeunesse.
1. The narrator is looking back on his youth.
2. The narrator looks back of his youth.
3. The narrator is looking after his youth.
Tu nuances.
1. However, the novel is also a great adventure history.
2. However, the novel is also a great adventure story.
3. Nevertheless of, the novel is also a great adventure.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) a coming-of-age story · 2. b) a first-person narrator · 3. c) a father figure · 4. a) moral ambiguity · 5. b) to lose one's innocence · 6. a) ruthless · 7. b) It suggests that... · 8. a) Jim adulte · 9. b) to look back on · 10. c) a traitor

Exercice 2

1. up · 2. age · 3. figure · 4. ambiguous · 5. traitor · 6. innocence · 7. suggests · 8. adult · 9. back · 10. back

Exercice 3

1. b) Why can we call it a coming-of-age story? · 2. a) Jim grows up during the adventure. · 3. b) He's taken huge risks on his own. · 4. b) And what about Long John Silver? · 5. c) He's a kind of father figure for Jim. · 6. a) He's morally ambiguous. · 7. a) He's charming at times. · 8. a) The ending suggests that Jim has lost his innocence. · 9. a) The narrator is looking back on his youth. · 10. b) However, the novel is also a great adventure story.