2013年12月25日 星期三

Western Literature(Week 16 ) 上課筆記


Topic : Augustine of Hippo, The Confessions

1.Final exam

(1)Essay :
     For the Greeks, the word ‘tragedy’ was used much as we use the word ‘play,’ but it does not carry the same implications of our modern word ‘tragedy’. Discuss the origin and situation of Greek Theatre. (p. 502)

含:時間、地點、人物、發生何事及關我們什麼事。

(2)名詞解釋一題10分,要寫多一點!
(3)上帝造物先造光再造人類
(4)約瑟夫的神奇彩衣

(5)Tower of Babel


The Tower of Babel forms the focus of a story told in the Book of Genesis of the Bible. According to the story, a united humanity of the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating from the east, came to the land of Shinar‎.(6)Golden Fleece


    In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the gold-hair winged ram, which was held in Colchis. The fleece is a symbol of authority and kingship. It figures in the tale of the hero Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest for the fleece by order of King Pelias, in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly. The story is of great antiquity and was current in the time of Homer(eighth century BC). It survives in various forms, among which details vary.

2. Potiphar


    Potiphar is a person in the Book of Genesis's account of Joseph. Potiphar is said to be the captain of the palace guard and is referred to without name in the Quran. Joseph, sold into slavery by his brothers, is taken to Egypt where he is sold to Potiphar as a household slave. 
    Potiphar makes Joseph the head of his household, but Potiphar's wife, furious at Joseph for resisting her attempts to seduce him, accuses him falsely of attempted rape. Potiphar casts Joseph into prison, to the notice of Pharaohthrough his ability to interpret the dreams of other prisoners.

3.Famine 大飢荒

4.Ten Commandments
    The Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue, are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and Christianity. They include instructions to worship only God and to keep the sabbath, and prohibitions against idolatry, blasphemy, murder, theft, dishonesty, and adultery. Different groups follow slightly different traditions for interpreting and numbering them.

    The Ten Commandments appear twice in the Hebrew Bible, in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy. According to the story in Exodus, God inscribed them on two stone tablets, which he gave to Moses on Mount Sinai. Modern scholarship has found likely influences in Hittite and Mesopotamian laws and treaties, but is divided over exactly when the Ten Commandments were written and who wrote them.

5. Parable (用人世間的小故事來說天國裡的大道理)

    A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters. A parable is a type of analogy.


ex. Parable of The Prodigal Son 浪子回頭記




6. Medea



    In Greek mythology, Medea was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children, Mermeros and Pheres. In Euripides's play Medea, Jason leaves Medea when Creon, king of Corinth, offers him his daughter,Glauce. The play tells of Medea avenging her husband's betrayal by slaying their children.


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