西方文化引論

前言

我們生活在一個(gè)物質(zhì)生活非常豐富的時(shí)代，文化氛圍卻不盡如人意，加上應(yīng)試教育的沖擊，除了通俗文化，我們對(duì)文化的理解和認(rèn)識(shí)還比較有限。對(duì)外語工作者和學(xué)習(xí)者來說，除了東方文化，我們也需要了解甚至體驗(yàn)來自西方的精神文化生活，這就是筆者撰寫《西方文化引論》的初衷。作為一個(gè)在大學(xué)里從事外語教學(xué)的語言工作者，我經(jīng)常聽到這樣的抱怨：學(xué)外語真頭疼，總也學(xué)不好。我想，這不是因?yàn)閷W(xué)習(xí)者外語語言功底差，相反，我們?cè)诰浞ê驮~匯方面超過了“老外”，主要原因是缺乏文化底蘊(yùn)。其結(jié)果是，我們很多人在反復(fù)學(xué)了十幾年外語之后和西方人溝通時(shí)，往往也只能停留在寒暄層次，很難深入。在閱讀的時(shí)候，有許多材料難以理解。對(duì)外語專業(yè)的學(xué)生來說，學(xué)文學(xué)也是一件難事，因?yàn)樗麄冊(cè)谙ＥD羅馬神話、歐美歷史框架、宗教和藝術(shù)等方面知識(shí)相對(duì)薄弱。這些現(xiàn)象充分說明：語言只是文化的載體，離開文化，語言不易掌握。對(duì)外語學(xué)習(xí)者如此，對(duì)教外語的老師來說，也需要提高西方文化修養(yǎng)。因?yàn)閱渭兊恼Z言點(diǎn)講解，不管你處理得多么精彩，如果缺乏人文知識(shí)的輔助，就不會(huì)引起學(xué)生的共鳴。解決以上問題的辦法就是讓學(xué)習(xí)者盡可能多地接觸西方文化，可以將大學(xué)英語部分課時(shí)用于介紹西方歷史、宗教、文學(xué)藝術(shù)等，在外語專業(yè)二年級(jí)下學(xué)期或三年級(jí)上學(xué)期增加西方文化課時(shí)。《西方文化引論》是基于數(shù)年教學(xué)和研究的體會(huì)，其目的是服務(wù)廣大外語學(xué)人。

內(nèi)容概要

　　《外語語言文學(xué)系列教材·華大博雅高校教材：西方文化引論》的撰寫初衷是為了了解甚至體驗(yàn)來自西方的精神文化生活。語言只是文化的載體，離開文化，語言不易掌握。對(duì)外語學(xué)習(xí)者如此，對(duì)教外語的老師來說，也需要提高西方文化修養(yǎng)。因?yàn)閱渭兊恼Z言點(diǎn)講解，不管你處理得多么精彩，如果缺乏人文知識(shí)的輔助，就不會(huì)引起學(xué)生的共鳴。解決以上問題的辦法就是讓學(xué)習(xí)者盡可能多地接觸西方文化，可以將大學(xué)英語部分課時(shí)用于介紹西方歷史、宗教、文學(xué)藝術(shù)等，在外語專業(yè)二年級(jí)下學(xué)期或三年級(jí)上學(xué)期增加西方文化課時(shí)?！锻庹Z語言文學(xué)系列教材·華大博雅高校教材：西方文化引論》是基于數(shù)年教學(xué)和研究的體會(huì)，其目的是服務(wù)廣大外語學(xué)人。

書籍目錄

Chapter One The Ancient GreeksⅠ. History1. The Minoans2. The Mycenaeans3. Classsical Greece3. 1 The war with the Persians3.2 Civil wars3. 3 Cultural life4. The Macedonians4. 1 Alexander the Great4. 2 The Hellenistic Age (336－31 BC)Ⅱ. Religion1. Religion in ancient Greece2. Origin of Greek mythology3. Gods as protectors4. Worship5. Features of Greek mythology5.1 Polytheism5.2 Personification5.3 Metamorphoses5.4 Omnipotence5.5 Diversity of attributes5.6 Different stories of a god5.7 Characters with the same name5.8 A history of its own6. Mythology and superstition of Greeks7. Hero worship8. The preservation of Greek mythology9. Greek mythology and various branches of learning10. Position of Greek mythology in modern lifeⅢ. Philosophy1. Greece, a land of philosophers2. Plato (430－347 BC)3. Aristotle (384－322 BC)Ⅳ. Literature1. Greek poetry1.1 HomerThe IliadThe Odyssey1.2 Hesiod2. Greek drama2.1 Aeschylus (525－456 BC)2. 2 Sophocles (496－406 BC)2. 3 Aristophanes (450－385 BC)Chapter Two The Ancient RomansⅠ. Origin Of RomeⅡ. Roman Republic1. The Founding of Roman Republic2. Social structure3. Political life of Roman Republic4. Expansion of Rome4. 1 Early expansion4. 2 The Roman legion4.3 The three Punic Wars (264－146 BC)4. 4 The war with Macedon (214－146 BC)4. 5 The conquest of Asia Minor4. 6 Provincial government5. Social problems of the Republic5.1 The Social War (90－88 BC)5. 2 The First Civil War (88－82 BC)5.3 Slave uprising5.4 The generals' abuse of power5. 5 The Second Civil War (49－45 BC)5.6 End of Caesar's dictatorship5.7 The Second TriumvirateⅢ. Literature during the Republic1. Drama1.1 Titus Maccius Plautus (250－184 BC)1.2 Terence (190/180－159 BC)2. Prose2. 1 Gaius Julius Caesar (100－44 BC)2. 2 Marcus Tullius Cicero (106－43 BC)3. PoetryTitus Lucretius Carus (99－55 BC)Ⅳ. The Roman Empire1. Augustus2. Pax Romana3. Engineering and architectureⅤ. Roman Religion1. Roman mythology1.1 Origin1.2 Worship1.3 The identification with Greek gods1.4 Deification2. DivinationⅥ. Literature in the Roman Empire1. Poetry1.1 Virgil (70－19 BC)1.2 Horace (65－8 BC)1.3 Ovid (43 BC－18 AD)2. FictionApuleius (1247－1757 AD)Chapter Three The Jews and Early ChristianityⅠ. A Brief History of the Jews1. The Israelites2. The Jews3. The appearance of the Hebrew Bible4. Synagogue5. Hellenization of Jews6. Roman conquest and Anti－Roman revolt7. Judaist groupsⅡ. The Birth of ChristianityⅢ. Early Christian WorshipⅣ. The Spread of Christianity1. Early missionaries2. Persecution against Christians3. Church organization4. Emergence of Christianity as the religion of the Roman EmpireⅤ. Basic Ideas of the Christian FaithⅥ. Christianity and Some Other BeliefsⅦ. The Establishment of the PapacyⅧ. Reasons for the Success of ChristianityⅨ. Major Christian Festivals1. Christmas2. EasterⅩ. An Introduction to the Bible1. The Old Testament1.1 The books of law1.2 The books of history1.3 The books of poetry……Chapter Four The Medieval PeriodChapter five renaissanceChapter six the enlightenment periodChapter Seven the romantic periodChapter eight realism and naturalismChapter nine modernism and the rise of popular culturebibliography

章節(jié)摘錄

插圖：3. 2  Civil warsFor the next 140 years, alliances and civil wars appeared one after another among the Greek city-states. The Peloponnesian War （431-404 BC） ended with a victory for Sparta. The defeated Athenians united with the Thebans and defeated the Spartans around 370 BC.3. 3  Cultural life With increased contact with the outside world, the Greeks achieved great civilization in the Classical Age. In religion, the Greeks "imported" some eastern gods and added them to their own. Some gods and goddesses gradually became accepted throughout the Greek world. The worshiping of gods gave rise to Greek drama which is represented by three tragedians——Aeschylus （525-456 BC）, Sophocles （496-406 BC）, and Euripides （485-406 BC）, and one comedian,Aristophanes （450-385 BC）.4. The Macedonians4. 1  Alexander the Great While the Greeks were absorbed in fighting against each other, a small country to their north became increasingly powerful.  Macedon, as the small country was named, attracted the Greek merchants who exchanged their wine and olive with the Macedonians for corn and timber. After Philip Ⅱ became the ruler in 350 BC, the Macedonians began to invade the northern city-states of Greece, and in 338 BC he defeated the combined armies of Thebes and Athens. Two years later, Alexander, Philip Ⅱ's son, succeeded him at the age of 20, and the Classical Age in Greece came to an end.4. 2  The Hellenistic Age （336-31 BC） The Hellenistic Age got its name from the fact that Greek culture was brought to the conquered states in the Middle East with the conquest of Alexander the Great （The word "Hellenism" is derived from the Greek word "Hellas", meaning Greece）.

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