課程名稱︰西概 下學期三位老師合開
課程性質︰必修
課程教師︰古佳艷
開課系所︰外文
考試時間︰5,16,2006
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試題 :
一 identification: 30%
1. who is the speaker of this passage?---------------------
i am the one who has invented medicine,
but now there is no herb to cure my passions;
my art, which helps all men, can't heal its master.
2. what is this passage about?------------------------------
almighty Juno,
filled with pity for this long ordeal
anf difficult passage, now sent Iris down
out of Olympus to set free
the wrestling spirit from the body's hold.
for since she died, not at her fated span
nor as she merited, but before her time
enflamed and driven mad. Proserpina
had not yet plucked from her golden hair,
delivering her to Orcus of the Styx.
3. who is the speaker?---------------------------------------
and if, as i believe, her wisdom matches her beauty, i have no doubt
whatever that your life with her will bring you greater happiness than any
gentlemen on earth has ever known. but with all my heart i beg you not to
inflict those same wounds upon her that you imposed upon her predecessor,
for i doubt whether she could withstand them, not only because she is
younger, but also because she had a refined upbringing, whereas the other
had to face continual hardship from her infancy.
4.who is the man in this narrative?---------------------------
the damsels who had led him to the tent dressed him in rich garments, and
in his new clothes there was no more handsome young man on earth. he was
neither foolish nor ill-mannered. the damsels gave him water to wash his
hands and a towel to dry them and then brought him food. he was very
courteously served and dined joyfully.
5.who is the addressee of this revelation?--------------------
you must not hold the woman of Laconia,
the hated face, the cause of this, nor Paris.
the harsh will of the gods it is, the gods,
that overthrows the splendor of this place
and brings Troy from her height into the dust.
6.whose father is the spaker of the following passage?--------
i was hoping for
a son in law and then grandsons. but now
it is a bull whom you must wed; you'll bear
a bull as son. and i can't kill myself,
however deep my grief: sad fate indeed to be a god...
7.from which text is this paasage?-----------------------------
she went straight to the bed where her husband was lying; but on finding
no trace of the cradle, she said to herself;"how stupid i am !
what a fine thing to do! heavens above, i was just about to step into the
bed where my guests aresleeping." so she walked a little further up the
room, found the cradle, and got into bed beside Adriano. thinking him to be
her husband.
8.who is this old man?------------------------------------------
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.
9.from which text is this passage?------------------------------
roman. remember your strength to rule
earth's peoples---for your arts are to be these:
to pacify, to impose the rule of law.
to spare the conquered, battle down the proud.
10.who is the speaker of the following passage?------------------
i well believe that you do not like this kind of pleasure. 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 recreat, my
lord is extremely unfortunate to have suffered you near him
二 short answer questions: explain the meaning of the following terms in 10
words. 20%
1. ekphrasis
2. sibyl
3. arethusa
4. fabliau
5. lai
三 essay questions: chose any two of the following. write an essay of about
250 words for each question you choose. 50%
1. Virgil intended the Aeneid to be a great national epic. the story Aeneas
tells of the fall of Troy is especially striking. what is the tone and the
effect of his tale? what kinds of behaviors and values emerge from his
story as particularly Trojan? how are they contrasted with those of the
Greece?
2. Discuss the following issues in Marie de France's Lanval. what values and
virtues does Lanval embody? how is Queen Guinevere portrayed in this story?
what is the meaning of the ending of the story?
3. the Griselda story of Decameron is an exemplum. obviously, the exemplary
role here is Griselda, not Gualtieri---as the narrator, in his opening and
closing comments, commands that the reader not look to imitate Gualtieri.
is Gualtieri a wise man or a man of brutality? do you agree with the
narrator's intepretation of the Griselda story?
4. many storytelling tradition are male-oriented,with the female characters
appearing in clearly subordinate roles. sometimes the stories are told
explicitly misogynistic, treating women with contempt, suspicion or fear.
in other storytelling traditions, women emerge as the central characters,
and they are represented in a more positive light. what do you think about
the way women and girls were represented in the stories you have read in
Ovid's Metamorpheses? make specific references to at least three different
cases in your essay.
試題結束
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吾素知汝所行：世居東海之濱，初舉孝廉入仕。理合匡君
輔國，安漢興劉；何期反助逆賊，同謀篡位！罪惡深重，天地不容！天下之人，願
食汝肉！今幸天意不絕炎漢，昭烈皇帝繼統西川。吾今奉嗣君之旨，興師討賊。汝
既為諂諛之臣，只可潛身縮首，苟圖衣食；安敢在行伍之前，妄稱天數耶！皓首匹
夫！蒼髯老賊！汝即日將歸於九泉之下，何面目見二十四帝乎！
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