課程介紹
This course gives first-year NCHU English majors the opportunity to explore some of the most enduring works of Western Literature from Homer’s epic poems to Dante's Inferno. Participants are not expected to read these texts in their entirety but selectively and critically. It is designed to introduce the major concerns and conventions of western literary canon whilst encouraging students to think about what makes a literary text ‘classic’ and how it is still relevant to modern readers.
教科書:
Textbook: The Norton Anthology of Western Literature (Ninth Edition)
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
Worksheets containing reading comprehension and discussion questions are available via I-Learning
BBC Podcasts:
Homer’s the Odyssey: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kqjc0
Ovid’s Metamorphosis: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00546p6
Virgil’s the Aeneid: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p003k9c1
BBC Podcasts:
Homer’s the Odyssey: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kqjc0
Ovid’s Metamorphosis: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00546p6
Virgil’s the Aeneid: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p003k9c1
教學進度:
Week 1 (Feb/19)
Introduction
Homer’s Odyssey Week 2-7
Sophocles’ Antigone Week 7-9
Ovid’s Metamorphoses Week 10-11
Shaw’s Pygmalion
Virgil’s Aeneid Week 12-14
Dante’s Inferno Week 15-16
Week 2 (Feb/26) Homer’s Odyssey
Book 1 Athena Inspires the Prince (pp.291-301)
Quiz 1
Week 3 (March/5) Homer’s Odyssey
Book 4: The King and Queen of Sparta (pp. 324-338)
Quiz 2
Week 4 (March/12) Homer’s Odyssey
Book 8: A Day for Songs and Contests (pp. 371-385)
Quiz 3
Week 5 (March/19) Homer’s Odyssey
Book 9: In the One-Eye’ Giant’s Cave (pp. 385-397)
Quiz 4
Introduction
Homer’s Odyssey Week 2-7
Sophocles’ Antigone Week 7-9
Ovid’s Metamorphoses Week 10-11
Shaw’s Pygmalion
Virgil’s Aeneid Week 12-14
Dante’s Inferno Week 15-16
Week 2 (Feb/26) Homer’s Odyssey
Book 1 Athena Inspires the Prince (pp.291-301)
Quiz 1
Week 3 (March/5) Homer’s Odyssey
Book 4: The King and Queen of Sparta (pp. 324-338)
Quiz 2
Week 4 (March/12) Homer’s Odyssey
Book 8: A Day for Songs and Contests (pp. 371-385)
Quiz 3
Week 5 (March/19) Homer’s Odyssey
Book 9: In the One-Eye’ Giant’s Cave (pp. 385-397)
Quiz 4
Week 6 (March/26) Homer’s Odyssey
Book 23: The Great Rooted Bed (pp.559-568)
Quiz 5
Week 7 Holiday
Week 8 (April/9) Sophocles’ Antigone (pp.660-662, 664-666, 706-742)
Quiz 6
Week 9 (April/16) Sophocles’ Antigone (pp. 706-742)
Week 10 (April/23)
Mid-Term
Week 11 (April/30)
Ovid’s description of Pygmalion in Metamorphoses (pp.1121-1122)
Shaw’s Pygmalion
Watch the 1938 film ‘Pygmalion’
Week 12 (May/7) Virgil’s Aeneid
Book I: Safe Haven after Storm (pp.981-1001)
Group Presentations on the film ‘Pygmalion’
Quiz 7
Week 13 (May/14) Virgil’s Aeneid
Book II: The Final Hours of Troy (pp.1002-1024)
Quiz 8
Week 14 (May/21) Virgil’s Aeneid
Book IV: The Tragic Queen of Carthage (pp.1025-1043)
Quiz 9
Week 15 (May/28) Dante’s Inferno (pp. 1595-1606)
Book 23: The Great Rooted Bed (pp.559-568)
Quiz 5
Week 7 Holiday
Week 8 (April/9) Sophocles’ Antigone (pp.660-662, 664-666, 706-742)
Quiz 6
Week 9 (April/16) Sophocles’ Antigone (pp. 706-742)
Week 10 (April/23)
Mid-Term
Week 11 (April/30)
Ovid’s description of Pygmalion in Metamorphoses (pp.1121-1122)
Shaw’s Pygmalion
Watch the 1938 film ‘Pygmalion’
Week 12 (May/7) Virgil’s Aeneid
Book I: Safe Haven after Storm (pp.981-1001)
Group Presentations on the film ‘Pygmalion’
Quiz 7
Week 13 (May/14) Virgil’s Aeneid
Book II: The Final Hours of Troy (pp.1002-1024)
Quiz 8
Week 14 (May/21) Virgil’s Aeneid
Book IV: The Tragic Queen of Carthage (pp.1025-1043)
Quiz 9
Week 15 (May/28) Dante’s Inferno (pp. 1595-1606)
Canto 1 and 2
Quiz 10
Week 16 (June/4) Dante’s Inferno
Week 16 (June/4) Dante’s Inferno
Canto 3 and 26 (pp.1607-1610, 1688-1690)
Quiz 11
Week 17 (June/11)
Group Presentation
Week 18 (Final)
Week 17 (June/11)
Group Presentation
Week 18 (Final)
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