July 12, 2008
課程分週次計劃：Please READ the assignment before you attend the lectures!
Week 1 Orientation: 放本片前三十分鐘以瞭解閱讀經典的必要性
(a) Alexander (2004, 亞歷山大帝[DVD])
Week 2 選一部放2小時引發閱讀經典的動機與興趣
(b) Helen of Troy (2003 TV, 175 min.) (c) The Odyssey (1997, 176 min.)
Week 3 Homer, The Iliad (p. 1-12, 100-205)
Week 4 continue The Iliad
Week 5 Quiz 1 on introduction, The Odyssey (p. 206-495)
Week 6 continue The Odyssey
Week 7 Quiz 2 on The Odyssey, Virgil, The Aeneid (p. 926-1023)
Week 8 continue The Aeneid
Week 9 Midterm (period, epic)
Week 10 “The Greek Tragedy” from "Lost Civilizations" (1995)
Aeschylus, Agamemnon (p. 502-550)
Week 11 Quiz 3 on Agamemnon, Sophocles, Oedipus the King (p. 607-653)
Week 12 Quiz 4 on Oedipus, Euripides, Medea (p. 688-720)
Week 13 Aristophanes, Lysistrata (p. 720-756) [Aristophanes, Lysistrata]
Week 14 Aristotle, Poetics (p. 779-784) 西方第一本文學批評(西方文學理論)
Week 15 Bible: The Old Testament (p.34-100)
Week 16 Quiz 5 on The Old Testament, The New Testament (p. 1082-1097)
Week 17 Augustine of Hippo, The Confessions, (p. 1113-1141)
Week 18 Final (tragedy, Bible)
