課程名稱︰西洋文學概論 第一次階段考
課程性質︰必修
課程教師︰古佳艷 (與鄭秀瑕、陳玲華輪流上課)
開課學院：文學院
開課系所︰外文系
考試日期（年月日）︰ 960330
考試時限（分鐘）： 2 classes
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試題 :
partI
I. Identification 30%
1. Who is speaking ? ______________________
King, I have loved one of your vassals, whom you see there. Because of
what he said, he was accused in your court, and I do not wish him to
come to any harm, You should know that the queen was wrong, as he
never sought her love. As regards the boast he made, if he can be
acquitted by me, let your barons release him!
2. Who is speaking ?_______________________
And why should Tartarus elude our laws?
Why not extend your mother's power--and yours?
One-third of all the world is still not ours...
Do you not see
how both Athena and the hunting goddess,
Diana, would defy me? And the daughter
Of Ceres, if we let her choose, will be
like them: she is so bent on chasity.
3. Who is the sad wife ?____________________
On hearing of her husband's intentions, from which it appeared she
would have tp return to her father's house, in order perhaps tp look after
the sheep as she had in the past, meanwhile seeing the man she adored
being cherished by some other woman, she was secretly filled with
despair. But she prepared herself to endure this final blow as
stoically she had borne Fortune's earlier assaults.
4. 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
Od the great ske....
5. Who is the "shepherd" that Argus invites to sit beside him ? ___________
So ___________ joins Argus on therock
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 out.
7. Who is the noble "wife" mentioned in the following passage ?_____________
And whereas they had been wont 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 perceived the noble qualities that lay
concealed beneath her ragged and rustic attire.
8. 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.
9. Who is the speaker ? _________________________
Who are you
In armor, visiting our rivers? Speak
From where you are, stop there, 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 ?_______________
Lewd 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 soark 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 (or lay)
2. Sinon
3. fabliau
4. Elysium
Part II
I Short-Answer Questions: Limit your answer within 150 words. 30%
1. In "Lanval" Marie de France carefully delineates the failure of
King Arthur's court. How is the otherworldly Lady shown to
possess qualities that diminish Arthur's realm and his jealous
queen?
2. Ovid's Metamorphoses has been seen as anti-Aeneid in both
political and generic terms. Explain the ways in which Ovid the
younger writer reacted to Virgil, the major poet who had
dominated literary scene of the time.
3. Boccaccio, the "father" of Italian fiction, creates both works in
praise of women and of savage misogyny. His reflects a rich
cultural heritage descended from classical and Christian
tradition-- the Bible and its patristic coomentators, Aristotle and
the Scholastic philosophers, Latin literature, medieval romance,
and the poetry of courtly love. Discuss Boccaccio's views of
women in the two stories from the Decameron we have read in
class: "The Misplaced Cradle" and "Griselda." Focus your answer
on how those women handle predicaments and face challenges.
II. Essay Question: Write an essay of 300 words on the following topic. 20%
4. Virgil deliberately models his poem the Aeneid on Homer: the first
six books are Aeneas' Odyssey, the last six his Iliad. Virgil,
however, makes the material serve hus own purpose. Discuss how
the Roman poet remodels the episodes, characters, and
conventions from his great Greek predecessor to create a Roman
epic.
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