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 an NYCU m365 account to join the course channel on Microsoft Teams. The NYCU m365 account application page is located at https://it.nycu.edu.tw/it/ch/app/artwebsite/view?module=artwebsite&id=220&serno=40e18628-1dab-411b-8dc0-aab0905d38b2 2. Use the code “881622t” to join the course channel on Teams.

01. Intro 02. Homer, The Iliad Book XXIV. 03. Homer, The Odyssey Book XIX. 04. Sophocles, Oedipus Rex. // (Aristotle, Poetics - excerpts). 05. Plato, Symposium // selections from The Republic. 06. holiday 07. Virgil, The Aeneid Book IV. 08. Midterm // Ovid, Metamorphoses - selections (Ceres and Proserpina, Iphis and Isis, Pygmalion and Myrrha). 09. Gilgamesh Books 1 and 11. // The Gilgamesh Project (from Harari) 10. The Hebrew Bible - selections. (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. The Book of Job - selections. // The Christian Bible - selections. (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) 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 - selections. // Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote - selections. 16. Final

in-class oral report 50% mid-term + final 50%

Various handouts