欧洲文化入门知识讲解.ppt

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1、欧洲文化入门ContentsGreekCultureandRomanCultureTheBibleandChristianityTheMiddleAgesRenaissanceandReformationTheSeventeenthCenturyTheAgeofEnlightenmentRomanticismMarxismandDarwinismRealismModernismandOtherTrendsReviewforFinalTestchronologicalTermScheduleNo.of

2、Classes/Week2No.ofWeeks18TotalNo.ofClasses36AssessmentFinalScoreCoursework20%FinalTest80%IntroductionUsesoftheSubjectLanguagecannotbelearnedwithouttheknowledgeoftheculturebehindit.Necessarytothecitizensoftheworld.TwoMajorElementsinEuropeanCultureGreco-

3、RomanelementJudeo-ChristianelementDivision1GreekCulture&RomanCultureGreekCultureTheHistoricalContext1200B.C.WarbetweenGreeceandTroy5thcenturyB.C.Greekculturereachedahighpoint---FailureofPersianinvasion---EstablishmentofdemocracyandflourishingofS.P.L.A.

4、&HWCivilwarbetweenAthensandSparta4thcenturyB.C.AllGreeceruledbyAlexander,KingofMacedon146B.C.RomansconqueredGreeceGreekCultureSocialandPoliticalStructureAthenswasa“democracy”.Theeconomyrestedonanimmenseamountofslavelabour.TheGreekslovedsports.OlympicGa

5、mesTheworld’sforemostamateursportscompetition(1896)GreekCultureHomer700B.C.AuthorofancientGreeks’epics(1200-1100B.C.)TheIliadTrojanWarGreek:Agamemnon,Achilles,OdysseusTrojan:HectorTheOdysseyReturnofOdysseusaftertheTrojanWartohishomeislandofIthaca.Greek

6、CultureGreekCultureLyricPoetrySappho(612-580B.C.)womanpoet-ThemostimportantlyricpoetofancientGreece-NotedforlovepoemsofpassionateintensityPindar(518-438B.C.)Bestknownforodescelebratingthevictoriesattheathleticgames.(the14Olympianodes)GreekCultureDrama-

7、Developedinthe5thcenturyB.C.-Performedinopen-airtheatres,actorsworemasksWriterWorksTragedy/ComedyCharacteristicsNotedforAeschylus(525-456B.C.)PrometheusBound,Persians,AgamemnonTragedyOnlytwoactorsandachorus;WritteninverseVividcharacterportrayalandmajes

8、ticpoetrySophocles(496-406B.C.)OedipustheKing,Electra,AntigoneTragedyAddathirdactoranddecreasethesizeofthechorus.StrongimpactonEuropeanliterature.Someplotsadoptedbylaterwriters.“theOedipuscomplex”Euripides(484-406B.C.)Andromache,Medea,T