Western Literature(Week 3 ) 單字筆記

Topic : Homer, The Iliad

1.genesis (n.)
/ˋdʒɛnəsɪs/
the time when something came into existence; the beginning or origin

the genesis of life on earth 

In the Bible, Genesis is the first book of the Old Testament, describing how God created the world.

2.generation (n.)
/͵dʒɛnəˋreʃən/
all the people of about the same age within a society or within a particular family, or the usual period of time from a person’s birth to the birth of his or her children

There were three generations at the wedding – grandparents, parents, and children.This farm has been in the family for generations.

3.generator (n.)
/ˋdʒɛnə͵retɚ/
a machine that produces electricity

4.generosity (n.)
/͵dʒɛnəˋrɑsətɪ/
a willingness to give help or support, esp. more than is usual or expected

She is admired for her generosity.

5.generous (adj.)
/ˋdʒɛnərəs/
(of someone) willing to give help or support, esp. more than is usual or expected, or (of something) larger than usual or expected:a 

generous donor

6.Psalm (n.)
/sɑm/
a religious poem or song

7. bard (n.)
/bɑrd/
a poet

William Shakespeare is the Bard.

Western Literature(Week 3 ) 上課筆記

Topic : Homer, The Iliad

1. 羅馬數字

(1)往右+，往左 -。

(2)逢4逢9用減法。

(3) 十位數歸十位數管，個位數歸個位數管。

(4) 代號

Ⅰ   Ⅱ   Ⅲ   Ⅳ   Ⅴ   Ⅵ   Ⅶ   Ⅷ   Ⅸ   Ⅹ   

1  2    3    4    5    6     7      8     9   10  

 L         C          D          M

50       100      500       1000

ex. XL = 50 - 10 = 40

     XC = 100 - 10 = 90

     2013 = 2000+10+3 =  MMXⅢ

2. Textbook (Page 7)

(1) 依照課綱畫重點。
(2) page 1-12 (The ancient world )
(3) midtern :  Epic poetry (genre)
     final  exam :  comedy and tragedy 

(4) Odyssey 
Odysseus and his journey home after the fall of Troy.

(5) Aeneid
The Aenied is a Latin epic poem , written by Virgil between 29 and 19 B.C. , that tells the legendary story of Aeneas.

(6) Genesis

(7) Tower of Babel

a. 

    The Tower of Babel forms the focus of a story told in the Book of Genesis of the Bible.

b. Babel (火線交錯)

(8) The King James Version

    The King James Version , commonly known as theAuthorized Version  or King James Bible , is anEnglish translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of Englandbegun in 1604 and completed in 1611.

(9) Homer 

a. The Iliad (Greek)

(10) In medias res

    In medias res is the literary and artisticnarrative technique of relating a story from the midpoint, rather than the beginning.In an in medias res narrative, the story opens with dramatic action rather than exposition setting up the characters and situation.
    It entails subsequent use of flashback and nonlinear narrative for exposition of earlier events in order to fill in the backstory. For example, in Homer's Odyssey.

3. Conflicts

4. After class...

(1) Read Notes on Trojan War and Greek Immortals.
(2) 期中考名詞解釋 :
homeric epithet , epic , in medias res

Western Literature(Week 2 ) 單字筆記

Topic :  Introduction



1. Mediterranean (adj. / n .)

/͵mɛdətəˋrenɪən/
the sea surrounded by southernEurope, northern Africa, and the Middle East

2. — ium


a. stadium (n.) 
/ˋstedɪəm/
a large structure consisting of many rows of seats surrounding an area of land on which sports are played and where sometimes other public events happen

a football stadium

3.patronize  (v.)
/ˋpetrən͵aɪz/
to speak to or behave towards someone as if they are stupid or not important

Stop patronizing me - I understand the play as well as you do.

4.hubris (adj.)
/ˋhjubrɪs/
an extreme and unreasonable feeling of pride and confidence in yourself

Hubris brought him down in the end.

5. fair (adj.)
/fɛr/
the most beautiful

Who is the fairest?

Western Literature(Week 2 ) 上課筆記

Topic :  Introduction

1. Texbook : The ancient world (Page1 )

(1)The ancient world is significant area and period.
(2)The area is the Mediterranean (in the middle of ) basin .
(3) It is development , interaction , and final fusion.
(4)The outlook of the literature was written in three language
—  Hebrew , Greek , and Latin.



2. The Modern Academy of Athens

(1)Apollo and Athena are the god of wisdom.

3. Greek

Atreus 家族族譜

     Atreus: 

(1) Agamemnon (Mycenae)+ Clytemnestra

     àIphigeneia, Electra, Orestes
(2) Menelaus (king)  ( Sparta ) + Helen

4. Asclepius

(1)Asclepius is a demi-god and best known for medicine and healing in ancient Greek religion.

(2)In Greek , the snakes  are also best known for healing.

5. Dionysos   introduction
    Dionysos is the son of Zeus, chief of the Olympians, and Semele, a woman of Thebes, according to the most used geneology. Dionysos is the god of wine and madness, vegetation, and the theatre, and was the focus of various mystery cults (which were not, perhaps, exactly cults, but let's not get into that).

6. Parthenon

    The Parthenon is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the maiden goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron deity.

7. Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion

8. Achilles' heel 典故

       






     



    In Greek mythology, whenAchilles was a baby, it was foretold that he would die young. To prevent his death, his mother Thetis took Achilles to the River Styx, which was supposed to offer powers of invulnerability, and dipped his body into the water. But as Thetis held Achilles by the heel, his heel was not washed over by the water of the magical river. Achilles grew up to be a man of war who survived many great battles. But one day, a poisonous arrow shot at him was lodged in his heel, killing him shortly after.


9. Golden Apple of Discord  (金蘋果事件)

    According to Greek mythology, the goddess Eris inscribed "to the fairest" and tossed in the midst of the feast of the gods at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, thus sparking a vanity-fueled dispute among Hera, Athena and Aphrodite that eventually led to the Trojan War.

8. After class...

(1) Notes on Trojan War and Greek Immortals

(2) Read the Textbook in page 1-12 and 100-205 .

(3) Textbook in page 206:

Christopher Marlowe said, 

"Was this the face that launched a thousand ship ?" 

(4)  The Immortals (神明表)

必記: Athena, Apollo , Poseidon , Zeus , Hera , Hades, Hermes 

(5) hubris 傲慢
a. Up in The Air (型男飛行日誌)

(6) 水金地土木土天海冥等星星的典故來自於希臘。
(7) movies:
a. Alexander
b. The Odyssey 

Western Literature(Week 1 ) 單字筆記

Topic : Orientation: blog, genre, period, approaches

1. anthrop —

/æn.θrə.pəʊ-/ 

relating to humans

a. anthropomorphism (n.)

/͵ænθrəpəˋmɔ:fizəm /

the showing or treating of animals, gods, and objects as if they are human inappearance, character, or behaviour:

The books 'Alice in Wonderland', 'Peter Rabbit', and 'Winnie-the-Pooh' are classic examples of anthropomorphism.

b. anthropology (n.)
/ˏænɵrə`pɑlədʒɪ/
the study of the human race, its culture and society, and its physicaldevelopment

2. mal —

badly or wrongly

The disease rubella can cause pregnant women to have malformed babies.

a. malevolent (adj.)
/məˋlɛvələnt/
causing or wanting to cause harm or evil

The central character is a malevolent witch out for revenge.

b. malicious (adj.)
/məˋlɪʃəs/
intending to cause harm, esp. by hurting someone’s feelings or reputation

He says she threatened him and spied on him, among other malicious activities.

c.malignant (adj.)
/məˋlɪgnənt/
(of a disease or tissue growing because of a disease) leading to death

The pathologist’s report said the tumor was malignant.

3. bene —

a. benevolent (adj.)
/bəˋnɛvələnt/
kind and helpful

I grew up happily under the benevolent influence of my Uncle Walt.

b. benefit [C]
/ˋbɛnəfɪt/
a helpful or good effect

It was a giveaway to the rich, he said, and not something that’s a benefit to most Americans.

c. benediction (n.)
/͵bɛnəˋdɪkʃən/
a prayer asking for God’s help and protection

Focus on the pronunciation of benediction

d. beneath (ad./prep.)
/bɪˋniθ]/

in or to a lower position than; under

Jerry hid the letter beneath a pile of papers.

e. beneficial (adj.)
/͵bɛnəˋfɪʃəl/
tending to help; having a good effect

Moderate exercise is really beneficial.

Western Literature(Week 1 ) 上課筆記

Topic : Orientation: blog, genre, period, approaches

1. Before the formal class

(1) class time : 08:20-10:00
(2) textbook:
Lawall, Sarah, et al, eds. The Norton Anthology Of Western Literature: The Ancient World Through the Renaissance. Vol. I. 8^th ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006.

Please READ/watch the assignment before you attend the lectures!

(3) Quiz are all in syllabus

(4) Orientation is fresher's week and is the begin of the semaster.

(5) Faust  

2. Acient Greek God

(1) God is arbitrary and capricious toward human. (視人類為芻狗)
     anthro → human
     anthropomorphism

3. Cupid and Psyche butterfly :  Love cannot dwell with suspicion

(1) 喜劇結尾的愛情故事 英文版  中文版

a.  Psyche use the lamp to see Cupid.

       One night after Cupid falls asleep, Psyche carries out the plan her sisters devised: she brings out a dagger and a lamp she had hidden in the room, in order to see and kill the monster. But when the light instead reveals the most beautiful creature she has ever seen, she is so startled that she wounds herself on one of the arrows in Cupid's cast-aside quiver. Struck with a feverish passion, she spills hot oil from the lamp and wakes him. He flees, and though she tries to pursue, he flies away and leaves her on the bank of a river.

(2) The meaning of Psyche is spirit and butterfly.

The Awakening of Psyche




(3)邱比特身上有3枝箭(Arrow，音似error)，因此，
     羅馬字Cupid、希臘字Eros。

4. After class...

(1) Remember to take notes.
(2) moives:

 a.  Alexander 

 b.  Helen of Troy 

 c.  The Odyssey 

(3) Notes on Trojan War and Greek Immortals

(4) Lyrics.com

 a.  Lyre → string strument 

(5) 叮嚀

 a. Virgil 

     Vi — / Ve —  = truth

     ex. verification

 b. textbook : P.116 希臘字念法

 c. 看到神，要知道是哪一個陣營。

 d. 木馬屠城記 Cassandra says ,"If he lives , Troy will burn ." 

 e. Pre — = before

     ex. predict

 f. Penelope

   

g. blog : 聖誕節繳交notes