課程名稱︰西洋文學概論
課程性質︰外文系大一必修
課程教師︰古佳艷
開課系所︰外文系
考試時間︰2005 11/11
試題 :
I. Identification 30%
1. From which text is this passage?__________________
...thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of
goats, that appear from mount Gilead. Thy teeth are like a flock of
sheep that are even shorn, which came among them. Thy lips are like
a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like
a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
2. Who is the addressee (listener)? __________________
Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased
in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he bath,
and he will curse thee to thy face.
3. The speaker of the following passage is ________________
...I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the
imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again
smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth
remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer ane winter
and day and night shall not cease.
4. The following passage is from ____________________
Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the
spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and
eat his pleasant fruit.
5. Explain this following passage in your own words. _______________________
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Splendid--you are my friend, my guest from the days of our grandfathers
long ago! Noble Oeneus hosted your brave Bellerophon once, he held him
there in his halls, twenty whole days, and they gave each other handsome
gifts of friendship.
6. The speaker of the following words is ______________
..., behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf
arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round
about, and made obesiance to my sheaf
7. The speaker of the following passage is ______________
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I
pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out
of this house: for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the
Hebrews.
8. The speaker is _______________
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou
the chastening of the Almighty: for he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he
woundeth, and his hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six
troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
9. The speaker is _______________
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken,
and become loathsome. My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and
are spent without hope.
10.Who is the speaker?_________________
A mighty king, raging against an inferior, is too strong. Even if he can
swallow down his wrath today, still he will nurse the burning in his
chest until, sooner or later, he sends it bursting forth. Considering it
closely, Achilles. Will you save me?
11.This following passage is from ______________________
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may
not understand one another's speech.
12.Who is speaking? __________________
But if they give me nothing I will take a prize myself--your own, or
Ajax' oe Odysseus' prize--I'll commander her myself and let that man I go
to visit choke with rage.
13.Who is the speaker? _________________
I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the
evil.
14.Who is speaking? __________________
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? Or his tongue with a cord
which thou lettest down? Canst thou put an hook into his nose? Or bore
his jaw through with a thorn? Will ha make many supplications unto thee?
15.Who is speaking? __________________
"Come, grant the Trojans victory after victory
till the Achaean armies pay my dear son back
building hjigher the honor he deserves."
II. Definition--limit each answer to 20 words. 20%
1. in medias res
2. epic simile
3. Briseis
4. bebemoth
5. Esau
III. Essay
(A) Answer ONE of the following questions on The Old Testament.
Write a short essay of 200 words to elaborate your points.
1. How would you describe the strcture of the Book of Job? How does the
author of Job use language and the organization of the story to emphasize
specific ideas and to expose the inadequacy of retribution theology for
the human situation in the real world?
2. How is the Tower of Babel story related to previous stories of sin in
Genesis 3-10? Is it a fitting conclusion to the overall tale of
disobedience told in the Primeval Story? Why?
(B) Answer ONE of the following questions on The Iliad.
Write a short essay of 200 words to elaborate your points.
3. The quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles centers on captive women. Does
this fact reflect the importance of women in the Homeric age or their
unimportance? Is it a paradox that the Trojan war, though fought by men,
is all about women?
4. The tragic view of human life is what makes the epic so great. The
Iliadic man must fight, because he is stuck in a hostile universe and in
paradoxes and dilemmas. Discuss the case of Hector in terms of his being
"the victim of the heroic code."
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