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. Students have to apply for a NYCU m365 account to join the course channel on Microsoft Teams. The NYCU m365 account application page can be found here: https://it.nycu.edu.tw/it-services/cloud-services/microsoft-365/ 2. Use the code “rut8etk” to join the course channel on Microsoft Teams, or use this link to join https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3atA-8adRGxAxVr8lNTR2fOT8fHGEGJFbWZkHqtGsg5xY1%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=3fd7fb48-ddba-47e5-9292-0a5cb0c0c170&tenantId=80a9abdb-7cef-443c-b040-3f8e75e9232e

01. Intro 02. Homer, The Iliad Book XXIV. 03. Homer, The Odyssey Book XIX. 04. Sophocles, Oedipus Rex. pp. 612-652. // Aristotle, Poetics. pp. 780-784. 05. Virgil, The Aeneid Book IV. 06. Ovid, Metamorphoses. 07. Gilgamesh Books 1 and 11. (The Gilgamesh Project) 08. Mid-term exam 09. 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) 10. The Book of Job. ch. 1-14, 29-42. pp. 66-92. // The Christian Bible. pp. 1085-1091 (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) 11. St. Augustine, from Confessions. pp. 1114-1141. 12. Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Cantos I, II, III. 13. Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Cantos IV, V, XXVI. 14. Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Cantos XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV. 15. Medieval Tales: The Wild Dream, The Ring That Controlled Erections. pp. 1442-1453. // Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote. 16. Final

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

1. The Norton Anthology of Western Literature (the 8th ed.) 2. The Divine Comedy —both will be placed on our library's reserved shelf.