Western Literature(Week 10 ) 上課筆記

Topic : The Greek Tragedy

1.Before the formal class

(1) Christmas Carol 

          It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year-Andy Williams

There'll be parties for hosting 

Marshmallows for toasting 

And caroling out in the snow 

There'll be scary ghost stories 

And tales of the glories of 

Christmases long, long ago 

It's the most wonderful time of the year

There'll be much mistltoeing 

And hearts will be glowing 

When love ones are near 

It's the the most wonderful time of the year 

(2)marshmallow (放進熱咖啡或熱巧克力)

(3)movie : While You Were Sleeping

2. What is tragedy?

    Tragedy is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in the viewing. While many cultures have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, the term tragedy often refers to a specific tradition of drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-definition of Western civilization.

3. Dionysus
 

    Dionysus was the god of the grape harvest, wine making and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology.

4. Prometheus 

    In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure who is credited with the creation of man from clay, and who defies the gods and gives fire to humanity, an act that enabled progress and civilization.

5. Song : Today by John Dener 

6.Satyr play

    Satyr plays were an ancient Greek form of tragicomedy, similar in spirit to the bawdy satire of burlesque. They featured choruses of satyrs, were based on Greek mythology, and were rife with mock drunkenness, brazen sexuality, pranks, sight gags, and general merriment.