西概syllabus
西概syllabus
Course description:
The objective of this course is to provide students with a sketchy introduction to selected Western literary works and to initiate their understanding of western culture and literary theories.
Texts:
Alcock, Richard A. World Literature Made Simple (WLS). New York: Garden City
Books.
Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 1942.
Buck, Pearl S. The Story Bible, Vol. 1: The Old Testament. 台北：書林。1995。
Syllabus:
week 1 Introduction
week 2 The Mythology of the Greeks 1 (Myth 13-41)
week 3 The Mythology of the Greeks 2 (Myth 48-85)
week 4 The Mythology of the Greeks 3 (Myth 122-35; 146-54; 166-79)
week 5 Homer, Iliad (WLS p9-13; Myth p185-210)
week 6 Homer, Odyssey (Myth p211-29)
week 7 Bible, OT, The Creation of the World (WLS p13-8; Bible p13-33)
week 8 Bible, OT, The Promised Land (Bible p34-64)
week 9 midterm
week 10 Bible, OT, The Jews in Egypt (Bible p107-34)
week 11 Bible, OT, Exodus 1 (Bible p135-77)
week 12 Bible, OT, Exodus 2 (Bible p 178-93)
week 13 Classic Literature: Greece (WLS p19-27; Myth 266-77)
week 14 Through the Middle Ages (WLS p36-45; The Divine Comedy)
week 15 Genres (WLS 62-8); Shakespeare (WLS p69-71; p73-6; Romeo and Juliet)
week 16 The Rise of the Novel (WLS p98-102); Edgar Allan Poe
week 17 Edgar Allan Poe
week 18 final
Requirements:
1. participation 20% 2. class discussion (reports) 40% 3. midterm & final 40%
Suggested Readings:
Nack, Maynard, ed al., eds. The Norton Anthology of World Materpieces. Vol. 1.
陶潔等譯。希臘羅馬神話一百篇100 Myths of Greece and Rome。台北市：台灣商
務，1991。
聖經新標點和合本。聯合聖經工會，1996。
呂建忠，李奭學編譯。西洋文學概論。台北市：書林，1990。
荷馬。荷馬史詩的故事。齊霞飛譯。台北市：志文，1989。
荷馬。奧德賽。王煥生譯。台北市：貓頭鷹，2000。
荷馬。伊利亞特。羅念生，王煥生譯。台北市：貓頭鷹，2000。
哈米爾頓。希臘羅馬神話故事Mythology。台北市：輔新書局，1983。
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