課程名稱︰西洋文學概論
課程性質︰外文系必修
課程教師︰古佳艷
開課系所︰外文系
考試時間︰2006.03.31
試題 :
I. Identification 30%
1. Who is the speaker of the following passage? ______________
I have been told often enough that you have no desire for women. You have
well-trained young men and enjoy yourself with them. Base coward, wicked
recreant, my lord is extremely unfortune to have suffered you near him. I
think he may have lost his salavation because of it!
2. Who is the speaker of the following passage? ______________
Turn your two eyes
This way and see this people, your own Romans
Here is Caesar, and all the line of Iulus,
All who shall one day pass under the dome
Of the great sky....
3. Who is the "he" (the decision maker) in the following passage? ___________
Between his brother Pluto and his grieving sister,
he has to strike a balance: he divides
the turning year into two equal portions.
Proserpina is shared by the two kingdoms:
the goddess is to spend six months beside
her husband, and six months beside her mother.
4. Who is this "shepherd" that Argus invites to sit beside him? _____________
So ____________ joins Argus on the rock
and whiles away the time with varied talk;
he plays upon the reeds -- with that he hopes
that Argus' watchful eyes will drop their guard.
But Argus tries to ward off languid sleep;
and though some of his eyes have shut, he keeps
the rest awake and watchful. And indeed,
since pipes had been invented recently,
he asks how that invention came about.
5. Who is the speaker of the following passage? _____________
Are you my daughter,
the one whom I have sought through all the world?
My sorrow ar the loss of you was less
than in my finding you; and now there's silence;
my words recieve no answer, only sighs
and lowing -- these must serve as your reply.
6. Who is the noble "wife" in the following passage? _____________
And whereas they had been want to say that Gualtieri had shown some lack
of discretion in taking this woman as his wife, they now regarded him as
the wisest and most discerning man on earth. For no one apart from
Gualtieri could ever have percieved the noble qualities that lay concealed
beneath her ragged and rustic attire.
7. Who is the old man in the following passage? _____________
Seeing his city captive, seeing his own
Royal portals rent apart, his enemies
In the inner rooms, the old man uselessly
Put on his shoulders, shaking with old age,
Armor unused for years, belted a sword on,
And made for the massed enemy to die.
8. Who is this wounded woman? ______________
...like a doe
Hit by an arrow shot from far away
By a shepard hunting in the Cretan woods --
Hit by surprised, nor could the hunter see
His flying steel had fixed itself in her;
but though she runs for life through copse and glade
The fatal shaft clings to her side.
9. Who is the speaker? ______________________
Who are you
In armor, visiting our rivers? Speak
From where you are, stop here, say why you come.
This is the region of the Shades, and Sleep,
And drowsy Night. It breaks eternal law
For the Stygian craft to carry living bodies.
10.Who is the "boy" addressed in the following passage? ____________
Lewed boy,
what are you doing with that heavy bow?
My shoulders surely are more fit for it;
for I can strike wild beasts -- I never miss.
I can fell enemies; just recently
I even hit -- my shafts were infinite --
that swollen serpent, Python, sprawled across
whole acres with his pestilential paunch.
Be glad your torch can speak a bit of love:
don't try to vie with me for praise and wreaths!
II. Definition: Explain the meaning of the terms in your own words. 20%
1. lai
2. Sinon
3. pietas
4. exemplum
5. Elysium
III. Essay Questions: Please limi your response to 250 words or less.
(A) Choose one from the follwing two questions. 25%
1. In medieval tales, there emerged a playful, light-hearted, human and
humane view of life and a critique of human vices that marked by
understanding humor rather than heavy meralizing. Illustrate this
phonomenon using examples drawn from Boccaccio's Decameron.
2. Is Marie de France's "Lanval" an endorsement or a critique of the
Arthurian world? Point out places where Marie builds our compassion for
Lanval; how does this affect out attitude toward the Arthurian court?
(B) Choose one from the follwing two questions. 25%
3. Do you agree that Ovid's Metamorphoses can be read as anti-Aeneid and
anti-epic? Compare and constrast the two works and give specific evidence
to illustrate your view.
4. A critic, Susan Siltshire, accuses Virgil as being a woman-hate: "Virgil
is seen to portray female characters on both the human and the divine
levels as irrational and subordinate, while male character are rational and
hierarchically superior" (Chelsa House Publishers, 1996). Do you agree with
her? Go through as many episodes as possible in the Aeneid (for example,
the fall of Troy -- the Judgment of Paris, Helen, Creisa, etc., the roles
of the goddesses, and the tragedy of Dido) to discuss Virgil's attitudes
toward women.
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