西洋文學概論Week8

The content of the course

1.vocabulary

 

Fair: in the mythology, it means beautiful.

 

-cide  

word-forming element meaning "killer," from French

-cide, from Latin -cida "cutter,

killer, slayer,"

For example: Bactericide: killer/ suicide: act of killing.

 

Truce(n.):

1. a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time

by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.

2. an agreement or treaty establishing this.

3. a temporary respite, as from trouble or pain.

 

Cunning(adj.):

1. showing or made with ingenuity.

2.artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly.

3.Informal. charmingly cute or appealing

4.Archaic. skillful; expert.

 

Pyre(n.):

 

1. a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.

2. such a pile for burning a dead body, especially as part

of a funeral rite, as in India.

 

Dictator: to say, to tell word.

 

Pro-

a prefix indicating favor for some party, system, idea, etc.,

without identity with the group, having anti- as its opposite.

 

 

Arbitrator:

a person chosen to decide a dispute or settle differences,

especially one formally empowered to examine the facts

and decide the issue.

 

2.quiz

 

1. Which god saves Aeneas from the storm in Book I of the poem?

(A) Juno (B) Aeolus (C) Neptune (D) Jupiter

Juno convinces Aeolus to stir the winds and seas in order to wreck

Aeneas and his ships. However, Neptune intervenes to calm the seas

 (see Book I, lines 145 and following).

 

 

2. What story does Aeneas recount in Book II of the Aeneid?

(A)the fall of Troy (B)the founding of Troy

(C)the fall of Rome (D)the founding of Rome

Book II recounts the banquet given to welcome Aeneas and his men

to Carthage, during which he recounts the fall of Troy and the

subsequent events that have led to his arrival in North Africa.

 

 

 

5. Where do Aeneas and Dido get “married”—at least as far as

  Dido is concerned?

1. on board a ship

the hunt that Aeneas and Dido are on together. They take shelter in a cave

where it is implied that they have sex, at which point we are told that Dido

"no longer thinks to keep the affair a secret, no, she calls it a marriage"

(Book II, lines 216–17)

 

9. With whom does Aeneas ultimately engage in single combat?

 

(A)Pallas (B)Evander (C)Latinus (D)Turnus

 

The war that Aeneas wages in Italy turns more and more violent and

bloody. Towards its end (and the end of the epic) Aeneas and

Turnus engage in single combat. Aeneas, enraged when he sees

that Turnus has been wearing the belt of Pallas (Aeneas’ friend

and ally) as a war trophy, eventually slays Turnus.

 

 

3.others

State fair

A state fair is an annual competitive and recreational gathering

of a U.S. state's population, usually held in late summer or early

fall. It is a larger version of a county fair, often including only

exhibits or competitors that have won in their categories at the

more-local county fairs.

 

Pygmalion Effect畢馬龍效應 :

The Pygmalion effect, or Rosenthal effect, is the phenomenon

whereby higher expectations lead to an increase in performance.

The effect is named after the Greek myth of Pygmalion, a sculptor

who fell in love with a statue he had carved.

 

A corollary of the Pygmalion effect is the golem effect, in which

low expectations lead to a decrease in performance; both effects are

forms of self-fulfilling prophecy. By the Pygmalion effect, people

internalize their positive labels, and those with positive labels succeed

accordingly. The idea behind the Pygmalion effect is that increasing

the leader's expectation of the follower's performance will result in

better follower performance. Within sociology, the effect is often cited

with regard to education and social class.

 

Studies of the Pygmalion effect have been difficult to conduct. Results

show a positive correlation between leader expectation and follower

performance, but it is argued that the studies are done in an unnatural,

manipulated setting. Scientists argue that the perceptions a leader has of

a follower cause the Pygmalion effect. The leader's expectations are

influenced by their perception of the situation or the followers themselves.

Perception and expectation may possibly be found in a similar part in

the brain.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_effect)

中文連結

 

Film:

My Fair Lady(連結)

 

 

 

 

Vanity Fair (derive from the magazine, Vanity Fair)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Fair Lady

https://www.google.com.tw/search?q=my+fair+lady&biw=1366&bih=651&source=

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Vanity Fair

https://www.google.com.tw/search?q=vanity+fair&biw=1366&bih=651&source=ln

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Pyre

https://www.google.com.tw/search?biw=1366&bih=651&tbm=i

sch&sa=1&q=Pyre&oq=Pyre&gs_l=img.3..0l10.393497.393497

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