西洋文學概論

 

§ Ithaca

Modern Ithaca is generally identified with Homer's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus, whose delayed return to the island is the Odyssey's plot.

                            

＊ The iliad ←→ Odysseus

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§ Narrative V.S. Lyric

╔ Narrative : A narrative or story is any report of connected events, real or imaginary, presented in a sequence of written or spoken words, and/or still or moving images.

╚ Lyric : Lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person. The term derives from a form of Ancient Greek literature, the lyric, which was defined by its musical accompaniment, usually on a stringed instrument known as a lyre.

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§ Shakespear sonnat 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? 
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: 
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; 
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st; 
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. 

Shakespeare Sonnet 18 performed by 8 year old child actress Alexis Rosinsky

David Gilmour

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§ Homeric Epithet

 

A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets

For example:

• wide-ruling Agamemnon
• swift-footed Achilles
• laughter-loving Aphrodite
• gray-eyed Athena

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§VOCABULARY

De-    : down

For example:

determine (v.) 下決心, 決定

 ※There is no way to the success without determination.

detract (v.) 減損, 降低

devoid (adj.) 缺乏的, 空無一物的

-ean   : adjective

For example:

Shakespean

in-      : upon

For example:

intrude (v.) 侵入, 襲擊

invigorate (v.) 使強壯, 鼓舞

inscribe (v.) 銘記, 刻字