課程名稱︰西洋文學概論二
課程性質︰系必修
課程教師︰陳玲華
開課學院：文學院
開課系所︰外國語文學系
考試日期（年月日）︰2009.04.17
考試時限（分鐘）：70
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試題 :
I. Identify the speaker of each speaker quoted from The Orestaia, Oedipus the
King and Metamorphosis. Cite a name from the list: Apollo, Jocasta, Orestes
Furies, Oedipus, Cassandra, Daphne, Jove, Cupid, Athena, Tiresias, Pylades,
chorus, Clytaemnestra, Creon.
(10*3=30)
1. the art of medicine
is my invention, by the way, the source
of my worldwide fame as a practioner
of healing throgh the natural strength of herbs.
2. You slung your net on the tower of Troy
neither young nor strong could leap
the giant dredge net of slavery,
all-enbracing ruine.
3. For me, the tears that welled
like spring are dry. I have no tears to spare.
I sobbed by the torch I lit for you alone.
4. Oedipus is beside himself. Racked with anguish,
no longer a man of sense, he won't admit
the latest prophecies are hollow as the old---
he's at the mercy of every passing voice.
5. No, she is the snare,
the bedmate, deathmate, murder's stron right arm!
Let the instiate insatiate discord in the race
rear up and shriek ""Avenge the victim---stone them dead!"
6. Queen Athena,
under Apollo's order I have come.
Receive me kindly. Curst and an outcast,
no suppliant for purging... my hands are clean.
7. You, you younger gods! ---you have ridden down
the ancient laws, wrenched them from my gasp---
and I, robbed of my birthright, suffering, great with wrath,
I loose my poison over the soil, aieee!---
8. he is here. A stranger,
you may think, who lives among you,
he soon will be reveale a native Theban
but he will take no joy in the revelation.
9. Wait, son---nofeeling for this, my child?
The breast you held, drowsing away the hours,
soft gums tugging the milk that you grow?
10. Courage!
Even if my mother turns out to be a slave,
and I slave, three generation back,
you would not seem common.
II. Choose the appropriate answer for each blank. (3*7=21)
11.The remnants of ancient Greek theatrical structure at Epidaurus included
the Cavea(the seating area), a round orchestra(stage area), and the
________, a small buding that served as a backdrop to the play's action.
(a)stockage (b)scene (c)skene (d)balcony
12.By the time Aescylus's Orestaia was produced (458B.C.) the number of
masked actors had been raised to ________; the spoken part of performance
became steadily more important.
(a)three (b)four (c)five (d)six
13."Areopaus" is literally "the Crag of ________"
(a)Athena (b)Ares (c)Apollo (d)Zeus
14.In Oedipus at ______, Sophocles dealt with the reward that finally
balanced Oedipus's suffering. He became a titanic figure, confident of his
innocence and more masterful than he has ever been.
(a)Phocis (b)Citharon (c)Colonus
15.Euripides' Medea was produced in 431 B.C., the year that brought the
beginningof the ________ war.
(a)Peloponnesian (b)Persian (c)Spartan (d)Marathon
16.________ is NOT a comic device in Aristophane's drama.
(a)parody (b)Burlesque (c)Catharsis (d)Farce
17.The ________ of the plot should arise from the plot itself and not be
be brought about "from the machine," as it is in Medea.
(a)denounment (b)development (c)exposition (d)coda
III. Answer TWO of the Following essay questions. (49%)
1. Define the role of the chorus in Oedipus the King.
2. Comment on the trial of Orestes conducted by Athena in The Eumenides.
3. Analyze the problem of justice involved in the conflict between
Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra in Agamemnon.
4. Oedipus and Orestes react differently to Apollo's oricle. Each cases
examplifies a typical relationship between god and man in ancient Greece.
Contrast their reactions to the oracle with reference to the Greek concept
of fate.
5. Define the following terms in Aristotle's Poerics: hamartia, episodic plot,
recognition and reversal.
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