西洋文學概論Week4

The content of the course

 

1.vocabulary and pronunciation

Plague: Plague is an infectious disease that is caused by the bacteria

         Yersinia pestis. (ue不發音)

〝ch〞has different sound in different word.

For example:

character [ˋkærɪktɚ]   Achaean [əˋkiən] :Greek soldier

machine [məˋʃin]      chance [tʃæns]

 

〝x〞has different sound in different word.

For example:

anxious [ˋæŋkʃəs]    anxiety [æŋˋzaɪətɪ]  

Xerox copy [ˋzɪrɑks] = carbon copy

Poseidon /pɵˈsaɪdən/(ei念/aɪ/  ie念/i/)

 

Initial: getting start it.

Com- put together  For example: combine

 

outrageous(adj.)粗暴的 →延伸: rage(vi.)發怒

vulnerable(adj.)脆弱的

magical charm  信物

 

chant 歌頌，反覆的唱或說

→enchant(v.)使著迷 →enchanted(adj.)陶醉的，入迷的

 

2.論語: 盍各言爾志？

3. Edith Hamilton

 

Edith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963) was an American

educator and author who was "recognized as the greatest woman

Classicist". She was sixty-two years old when The Greek Way, her first

book, was published in 1930. It was instantly successful, and is the earliest

expression of her belief in "the calm lucidity of the Greek mind" and "that

the great thinkers of Athens were unsurpassed in their mastery of truth and

enlightenment".

 

 

4.book recommendation:

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott

Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town

of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story

primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and

his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante

Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, The Great

Gatsby explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social

upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the Roaring

Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American

Dream.

 

5.Augustus

 

Augustus was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor,

ruling from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.

He was born Gaius Octavius into an old and wealthy equestrian branch

of the plebeian Octavii family. His maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar was

assassinated in 44 BC, and Octavian was named in Caesar's will as his

adopted son and heir. He, Mark Antony, and Marcus Lepidus formed the

Second Triumvirate to defeat the assassins of Caesar. Following their victory

at Philippi, the Triumvirate divided the Roman Republic among themselves

and ruled as military dictators. The Triumvirate was eventually torn apart under

the competing ambitions of its members. Lepidus was driven into exile and

stripped of his position, and Antony committed suicide following his defeat at

the Battle of Actium by Octavian in 31 BC.

 

 

 

 

Reference website:

The great gatsby

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Edith Hamilton

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