西洋文學概論week 1筆記:
★A poem from Helen Of Troy:
Was this the face that launched a thousand ships.
★Two of the traditions of western literature:
a. Greek Mythology
b. Hebrew Bible
★The target texts of this course:
a. History of literature
(1) Greek literature
(2) Latin literature
(3) Medieval literature
(4) European Renaissance Literature
b. Epic poetry(genre):
(1) length narrative poem
(2) serious subject
(3) heroic deeds
Homer, Virgil, Dante Alighieri
c. Tragedy(genre):
d. Comedy
★三大詩人:
(1) Aeschylus
(2) Sophocles
(3) Euripides
★Good sentence:
Fortune favorites the bold.(富貴險中求)
★Websites:
IMOB & Sparknotes
◎ Roots:
1. audio- it means “listen”表示”聽力的”,”聽覺的”
(1) audiological(a.) 聽力學的
(2) audiometer(n.) 聽力表,測聽計
(3) audiometry(n.)聽力測驗法
(4) audiophile(n.) 愛玩高級音響的人
(5) audiophone(n.) 助聽器
2. inter- 表示”互相”,"在…中間",”在…之間","在…之內"之意
(1) interaction(n.) 互動
(2) interagency(a.) 部門間的
(3) interarticular(a.) (解剖學)關節間的
(4) interbed(n.) 互層,夾層
(5) intercession(n.) 仲裁,調解,說情
3. mis- 表示"壞","不當","錯","誤","缺少","相反"
(1) misadjustment(n.) 調整不當,調節不良
(2) misadvice(n.) 錯誤的勸告,餿主意
(3) misalliance(n.) 錯誤的結合(尤指婚姻)
(4) misanthrope(n.) 厭世者
(5) misapplication(n.) 誤用,濫用,盜用