西洋文學概論(一)

A survey course on western literary tradition up to the Renaissance.

1. Introduction 2. GILGAMESH. pp. 18-34 3. HOMER, The Iliad Book XXIV, Achilles and Priam. pp. 186-205 4. HOMER, The Odyssey Book XIX, Penelope and Her Guest. pp. 428-442 5. Holiday 6. SAPPHO OF LESBOS, Lyrics. pp. 497-501 HESIOD, Theogony. pp. 786-792 7. SOPHOCLES, Oedipus Rex. pp. 612-652 ARISTOTLE, Poetics. pp. 780-784 8. VIRGIL, The Aeneid Book IV, The Passion of the Queen. pp. 974-995 9. mid-term exam 10. OVID, Ceres and Proserpina, Iphis and Isis, Pygamalion. pp. 1039-1059 11. THE HEBREW BIBLE. pp. 39-51 Genesis 1–3. The Creation—The Fall From Genesis 4. The First Murder From Genesis 6–9. The Flood From Genesis 11. The Origin of Languages From Genesis 17–19. Abraham and Sarah From Genesis 22. Abraham and Isaac 12. THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE: THE NEW TESTAMENT. pp. 1084-1097 Luke 2. The Birth and Youth of Jesus Matthew 5–7. The Teaching of Jesus; The Sermon on the Mount Luke 15. The Teaching of Jesus; Parables From Matthew 13. Why Jesus Teaches in Parables From Matthew 26. The Betrayal of Jesus Matthew 27. The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus Matthew 28. The Resurrection 13. DANTE ALIGHIERI, The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Cantos I-IV. pp. 1465-1478 14. DANTE ALIGHIERI, The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Cantos V, XXXIII, XXXIV. pp. 1478-1481, 1569-1576 15. MEDIEVAL TALES: The Three Hunchbacks, The Wild Dream, The Ring That Controlled Erections. pp. 1442-1453 CARPE DIEM POEMS: Lorenzo de’Medici, Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne; Angelo Poliziano, Welcome to May; Torquato Tasso, What dew or what weeping, The woods and the rivers are silent, I’d like to be a bee; Martin Opitz, Ah, Dearest, let us haste us. pp. 2042-2045, 2054-2055 16. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES, Don Quixote. pp. 2339-2349 MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE, To the Reader, Of Cannibals. pp. 2182, 2190-2199 17. optional 18. final exam

in-class oral report 20% in-class quiz 20% mid-term exam 30% final exam 30%

The Norton Anthology of Western Literature (the 8th edition on library's reserved shelf)