西洋文學概論(一)

A survey course on the canonized literary works of the west from the ancient world to the Renaissance. n.b. the course lecture will be delivered in mandarin.

1. Intro 2. HOMER, The Iliad Book XXIV, Achilles and Priam. pp.186-205 3. HOMER, The Odyssey Book XIX, Penelope and Her Guest. pp.428-442 4. SAPPHO OF LESBOS, Lyrics. pp. 497-501; HESIOD, Theogony. pp.786-792 5. SOPHOCLES, Oedipus Rex. pp.612-652; ARISTOTLE, Poetics. pp.780-784 6. VIRGIL, The Aeneid Book IV, The Passion of the Queen. pp.974-995 7. OVID, Ceres and Proserpina, Iphis and Isis, Pygamalion. pp.1039-1059 8. GILGAMESH. pp.18-34 9. Mid-term 10. 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) 11. optional 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, II, III, IV. pp.1465-1478 14. DANTE ALIGHIERI, The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Cantos V, XIII, XVII, XVIII. pp.1478-1481, 1503-1506, 1516-1522 15. DANTE ALIGHIERI, The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Cantos XXVI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV. pp.1546-1549, 1566-1576 16. MEDIEVAL TALES: The Three Hunchbacks, The Wild Dream, The Ring That Controlled Erections. pp.1442-1453; CARPE DIEM POEMS pp.2042-2045, 2054-2055 (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) 17. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES, Don Quixote. pp.2339-2349; MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE, To the Reader, Of Cannibals. pp.2182, 2190-2199 18. Final

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

The Norton Anthology of Western Literature (the 8th ed.) —the textbook will be put on the library's reserved shelf for your personal copy of course materials