Students are expected to spend about six hours per week on average for the reading and the exercise.

Syllabus

9/3: The Ancient World

        Introduction (Western Literature: PP 8-17)

        Mythology (Mythology: PP 24-46)

9/10: The Hebrew Bible / The Old Testament (1)

        The Hebrew Bible (Britannica Academic: PP 1-2)

                The Torah: Genesis (創世記), 1-4, 6-9, 11; *創世記 (Genesis), 15-17, 22, 25, 27, 37, 39-41, 50; 出埃及記 (Exodus), *1-3; *12-14; 19-20

                The historical books: Judges (士師記), 13-16; *路得記 (The Book of Ruth), 1-4; *撒母耳記上 (1 Samuel ), 16-17; *列王記上 (1 Kings), 18-19

9/17: The Hebrew Bible / The Old Testament (2)

        The poetical books: Job (約伯記), 1-3; 8-9, 23; *約伯記 (Job) 38-42; Psalms (詩篇) 23; *詩篇(Psalms) 90, 137; *箴言 (Proverbs), 3; Ecclesiastes (傳道書), 1, 3; The Song of Songs (雅歌), 1-4

        The major prophetical books: Isaiah (以賽亞書), 53; *耶利米書 (Jeremiah), 8-9

        The Minor prophetical books: *何西阿書 (Hosea), 1-3; *約拿書 (Jonah), 1-4

        &9/22: Discussion session 1

9/24: Greek Epics: Homer’s The Iliad

        Homer (Britannica Academic: PP 3-8)

        #《希臘羅馬神話故事》(PP 218-46)

        The Iliad, Book I (1-430, PP 1-9)

        The Iliad, Book VI (116-529, PP 69-77)

        *《伊利亞特》, Book XXII, 1-515 (PP 558-75)

        *《伊利亞特》, Book XXIV, 432-804 (PP 624-38)

10/1: Greek Epics: Homer’s The Odyssey

        #《希臘羅馬神話故事》(PP 247-66)

        The Odyssey, Books IX-X, 502 (PP 384-404)

        *《奧德賽》, Book X, 503-XI, 224 (PP 239-50)

        *《奧德賽》, Book XIV, 1-190 (PP 302-08)

        *《奧德賽》, Book XIX, 203-502 (PP 408-19)

        *《奧德賽》, Book XXIII, 85-372 (PP 477-87)

10/8: Greek Mythology and History

        Hesiod (Britannica Academic: PP 9-10)

                The Theogony (PP 11-16)

                *《神譜》(PP 57-67; 71-74)

        Herodotus (Britannica Academic: PP 11-13)

                *《歷史》(The Histories), Book I, 29-48, 85-91 (PP 13-22; PP 42-47)

                *《歷史》(The Histories), Book III, 39-44 (PP 206-09)

        Thucydides (Britannica Academic: PP 14-16)

                The Peloponnesian War (Norton, the 8^th Edition: PP 806-16)

10/15: Greek Philosophy: Plato and Aristotle

        Plato (Britannica Academic: PP 17-21)

                *〈申辯篇〉(The Apology of Socrates) (PP 10-22; PP 27-30)

                The Republic, Books 6 and 7 (Norton, the 8^th edition: PP 817-24)

        Aristotle (Britannica Academic: PP 22-27; Norton, the 8^th edition: PP 825-26)

                Physics, Metaphysics, On the Soul, and The Nicomachean Ethics (Norton, the 8^th edition 826-36)

        &10/20: Discussion session 2

10/22: Greek Drama I

        Aristotle (Britannica Academic: P 28): Poetics 1-15, 17-19, 22 (PP 2316-31, PP2333-35)

        Ancient Athenian Drama (Britannica Academic: PP 29-31)

        #《希臘羅馬神話故事》(PP 309-25)

        Sophocles (Britannica Academic: PP 32-34): *《伊底帕斯王》, 1-170; 276-462; 634-738; 1012-1530 (PP 4-24; 36-58; 82-94; 130-98)

        #《希臘羅馬神話故事》(PP 141-57)

        Euripides (Britannica Academic: PP 35-37)

                *《米蒂亞》(PP 175-206)

                Medea (ll 850-1397, PP 36, 64-82, 101-08)

        &10/27: Midterm Examination, weeks 1-7

10/29: Greek Drama II

        *柏拉圖(Plato):〈伊安篇〉(Ion) (PP 289-307)

        Aristophanes (Britannica Academic: PP 38-40)

                #《利西翠妲》 (PP 9-27; PP 33-39, PP 44-47, PP 51-59; 63-74)

11/5: Roman Philosophy and Poetics

        Lucretius: On the Nature of Things (Norton, the 8^th edition: PP 836-48)

        Cicero (西塞羅) (Britannica Academic: PP 41-43)

                *〈論演講術分類〉(“Of the Classification of Oratory”), 1-24, 39-40 (PP 579-601; 614-15)

        Horace (Britannica Academic: PP 44-47; 67-68)

                Art of Poetry (PP 68-74)

11/12: Roman Epic and Mythology (1)

        #《希臘羅馬神話故事》(PP 267-78)

        Virgil (Britannica Academic: PP 50-55)

                The Aeneid, I, 1-304 (PP 1-10)

                The Aeneid, II, 1-80, 195-317, 486-804 (PP 24-26, 30-33, 38-47)

                *《伊尼亞斯逃亡記》, IV, 1- 876 (PP 91-115)

                *《伊尼亞斯逃亡記》, VI, 98-1012 (PP 150-82)

11/19: Roman Epic and Mythology (2)

        #《希臘羅馬神話故事》(PP 278-84)

        Virgil

                The Aeneid, VIII,585-731 (PP 185-89)

                The Aeneid, XII, 746-952 (PP 289-95)

        Ovid (Britannica Academic: PP 56-60)

                *《變形記》, I, 1-567 (PP 3-19)

                *《變形記》, II, 1-328 (PP 29-39)

                *《變形記》, III, 339-510 (PP 70-75)

                The Metamorphoses, V, 256-576 (PP 106-16)

                *《變形記》, VIII, 152-269 (PP 205-09)

                *《變形記》, IX, 1-323 (PP 231-42)

                *《變形記》, X, 1-63 (PP 261-63)

11/26: Roman Drama

        Longinus (PP 75-76): On the Sublime, I-II, VIII-X, XXXIX (PP 76-77; 79-82; 95)

        Seneca (Britannica Academic: PP 61-63; Norton, the 8^th edition: PP 848-50)

                On Anger (Norton, the 8^th edition: PP 850-55)

                Oedipus (PP 1-26)

        &12/1: Discussion session 3

12/3: The New Testament (I)

        The New Testament (Britannica Academic: PP 67-75)

                The Gospel books: *路加福音(Luke), 1-4; Luke (路加福音), 15; Matthew, 5-7; *馬太福音, 26-28; John (約翰福音), 1-4, 13

                *使徒行傳 (Apostles), 1-2, 9-10

12/10: The New Testament (2) and Augustine

        The Pauline Letters and the Revelation (Britannica Academic: PP 76-78)

                The Pauline Letters: *羅馬人書 (Romans ), 7-8; Ephesians (以弗所書), 5-6; *希伯來書 (Hebrews), 9-12

                Revelation (啟示錄), 12-14, 17, 20-22

        Augustine (Britannica Academic: PP 85-90)

                Confessions, I, i-viii; II, iv-vi (PP 1-5, PP 13-15)

                *《懺悔錄》, VI, 12-16; VIII, 8-12; IX, 4-10, X, 7-12, XI, 23-28, XIII, 1-12 (PP 112-16; 157-65; 172-85; 202-07, 262-69; 303-12)

        &12/15 Discussion session 4

12/17: Conclusion and Final Examination

Course Requirements:

1. Attendance and participation in class discussions are essential. Students who are absent for four or more than four times, excused or not, will fail this course.

2. If the course needs to be conducted online, students are required to turn on the camera and show responses online.

3. Every week before class, students are expected to finish reading about 30 pages in English and some extra materials in Chinese. There will be a quiz about the reading every week before the lecture starts.

4. Students need to submit 5 pre-class exercises, one between weeks 2 and 3, one between 4 and 7, one between 8 and 9, one between 10-13, and one between 14-15.  The exercise needs to be uploaded to Moodle on Tuesday before midnight.  Late exercises will NOT be accepted.

5. Students need to bring a notebook to class.

6. 3C products can be used only for the quiz, and tablets can be used only for note-taking.

7. Students who plagiarize, cheat in quizzes, or answer for others in the roll call will fail this course and be subject to disciplinary action.  Using AI to write the pre-class exercises is considered a form of cheating.

Grading:

1. Class attendance and discussion 15%

2. In-class Notes 10%

3. Pre-class exercises 20%

4. Quizzes 15%

4. Midterm and Final Examinations 40%

Textbooks (*required; #In our university bookstore; &suggested)

*#赫米爾敦, 愛笛絲。《希臘羅馬神話故事》。Mythology. By Edith Hamilton.宋碧雲譯。新潮文庫317。臺北：志文出版社, 1998。($300è240è225)

*#亞里斯多芬尼茲。《利西翠妲》。呂健忠譯。臺北：書林出版社，1989。($120)

&#Hamilton, Edith.  Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes.  ROC Edition.  Taipei: Bookman, 1942. ($280è$238è224)

&# The Bible: Authorized King James Version with Apocrypha.  Intro. Robert Carroll and Stephen and Prickett. Oxford World’s Classics. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1997.

&呂健忠、李奭學編譯。《新編西洋文學概論：上古迄文藝復興》。西洋文學108。修訂一版。臺北：書林，2007。(書林書局：$250è$213)

&《聖經：中英對照》。合和本、NIV。袖珍本。第九版。香港：漢語聖經協會，2004。 (校園書房：$990)

Bibliography for the photocopied materials at 政大書廊 ($290)

Davis, Paul, etal.  Western Literature in a World Context.  Volume 1.  Boston: St. Martin’s P. 1995.

“Epic.”

荷馬。《伊利亞特》。羅念生·王煥生譯。臺北：貓頭鷹， 2004。

荷馬。《奧德賽》。王煥生譯。經典文學系列21。臺北：貓頭鷹， 2000。

Hesiod.  Theogony, Works and Days, Shield.  Trans. Apostolos N. Athanassakis.  Second Edition.  Baltimore: John Hopkins UP, 1983.

柏拉圖。〈申辯篇〉。《柏拉圖全集》。王曉朝譯。卷一。臺北：左岸文化，2003。1-30。

柏拉圖。〈伊安篇〉。《柏拉圖全集》。王曉朝譯。卷一。臺北：左岸文化， 2003。289-307。

亞里斯多芬尼茲。《利西翠妲》。呂健忠譯。臺北：書林出版社，1989。

Aristotle.  Poetics.  The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Translation.  Trans. Bywater.  Ed. Jonathan Barnes.  Vol. 2.  Princeton: Princeton UP, 1984.  2316-40.

Euripides. Medea. Translated by Michael Collier and Georgia Machemer, Oxford UP, 2006. ProQuest Ebook Central. Sep. 11^th, 2021.

Virgil. The Aeneid. Trans. by Sarah Ruden, Yale UP, 2008. ProQuest Ebook Central. Sep. 11^th, 2021.

Horace.  “Art of Poetry.”  Trans. E. C. Wickham.  Critical Theory Since Plato.  Ed. Adam Hazard.  New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971.  67-74.

西塞羅。〈論演講術分類〉(“De Partitione Oratoria”)。《西塞羅全集：修辭學》。王曉朝譯。人類經典43。臺北：左岸文化，2005。579-615。

味吉爾。《伊尼亞斯逃亡記》。曹鴻昭譯。台北：聯經，1990。(非原文中譯)

奧維德。《變形記》。呂健忠譯。臺北：書林， 2008。

Seneca.  Oedipus.  Trans. Frank Justus Miller.  Theoi E-text Library. http://www.theoi.com/Text/SenecaOedipus.html, August 13^th, 2013.

Longinus.  “On the Sublime.”  W. R. Roberts.  Critical Theory Since Plato.  Ed. Adam Hazard.  New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971.  75-98.

奧古斯丁。《懺悔錄》。周士良譯。台北：商務， 1998。