Course Name: Homeric Epics and Greek Mythological Iconography
荷馬史詩與希臘神話圖像
3 Credits Class Limit 30
Classroom HSS D201
Instructor: Yi-Chuang E. Lin
Course Description: In this course we will be reading Homer’s Iliad, Odyssey and Greek Mythology along with artworks (such as the paintings on the Grecian urns) that seek to represent these tales of Gods and heroes. With thus, we attempt at an initial understanding of ancient Greek culture and especially their cultural values embedded within these heroic epics and myths.
Textbooks:
Homer, The Iliad, translated by Robert Fagles, Penguin Classics
Homer, The Odyssey, translated by Stephen Mitchell, Atria Books (Simon & Schuster), 2013
Morford, Mark et al., Classical Mythology, International Edition, OUP USA; Ninth edition edition
Assessment & Grading:
In-Class Participation 30%
Assignments 20%
Midterm (essay questions) 25%
Final (essay questions) 25%
Class Schedule:
2/19: Epic Convention
Poet & Muses
Iconography of Muses
The Apple of Discord and Paris' Judgment
The Mycenaean Saga
Stories and Iconography of Zeus, Achilles, Peleus, Thetis
John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn
2/26: In Search of Muths and Heroes: Jason and the Golden Fleece
Stories and iconography of Jason and the Argonauts.
Iliad Book 1-6.
3/5: Iliad Book 7-10
Stories and Iconography of Agamemnon, Menelaus, Helen and Clytemnestra, the House of Atreus
3/12: In Search of the Trojan War: The Age of the Heroes / Henri Schliemann Episode 1-2
Stories and Iconography of Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite
3/19: Iliad Book 10-14
Stories and Iconography of Hera, Athena, Hermes
3/26: 陶片展週 許家琳老師演講
4/2: In Search of the Trojan War: The Singer of Tales / The Women of Troy Episode 3-4
4/9: Iliad Book 14-18
Stories and Iconography of Patroclos and Achilles, Hephaestus, Priam, Hecuba, Cassandra
The Re-interpretation of Cassandra in Victorian and Modern Literature
4/16: Iliad Book 18-24
Stories and Iconography of Artemis, Dionysus, Poseidon
In Search of the Trojan War: The Fall of Troy
Midterm Paper Due
4/23: Odyssey Book 1-5
The Duo Quest
Stories and Iconography of Telemachus, Odysseus, Penelope, Nestor
4/30: Odyssey Book 5-8
Stories and Iconography of Calypso, Lotus Eaters, Cyclopes, Polyphemos, Aeolus and the Laestrygonians
5/7: Odyssey Book 8-11
Book 11: the book of the dead or the Nekuia
Stories and Iconography of Hades, the realm of Hades, meeting of the late Trojan Heroes
5/14: 準備戲劇節：詩歌朗讀，說故事比賽
5/21: Odyssey Book 13-15
Stories and Iconography of Sirens, Circe, Eumaios, Perseus, the invisible cloak, Gorgon and Medusa
5/28: Odyssey Book 16-18
Stories and Iconography of Scylla and Charybdis
6/4: Odyssey Book 19-21
Stories and Iconography of Odysseus slaying of Penelope’s suitors, Eurycleia
The Universality of the Odyssey, the Greek Everyman
Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses
6/11: Odyssey Book 22-24
Stories and Iconography of King Minos, Daedalus, Icarus, Minotaur and Labyrinth
6/12: 專題演講：James Joyce's Ulysses A202 10:30-12:00
6/18: Ancient World: The Greek Thing
Final Paper Due
6/07/2013
102(下) 課綱：亞里斯多德詩學與古希臘悲劇
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亞里斯多德詩學與古希臘悲劇
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Aristotle's Poetics and Greek Tragedy
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Aristotle’s Poetics and Greek Tragedy
Instructor: Chien-heng Wu
Thursdays 3:30 pm – 6:20 pm
Office Hours: TBD
Course Description
Aristotle’s Poetics is generally regarded as the founding text of literary criticism. It is the first known attempt to understand and evaluate poetry through a systematic analysis of its formal elements; as such, it marks a significant departure from previous attempts that see poetry as the art of divine inspiration. In this course, we will explore the key ideas elabor-ated in Aristotle’s important treatise on poetry, particularly his understanding of poetry as an essentially mimetic, or imitative, art and his formal definition of tragedy as the imitation of an action. In addition to Aristotle’s account of tragedy, we will also introduce students to alternative theories from Hegel and Nietzsche for whom the tragic effect is achieved less through a human error than the conflict between two irreconcilable orders or forces. Alongside these important theses on tragedy, the majority of the course will be devoted to reading and discussing works from three major Greek playwrights, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Students are encouraged to analyze these texts and express whether the emotional effects they experience from reading tragedies conform to or deviate from the standard set by Aristotle and others.
Required Texts
Aristotle. Poetics (Trans. Malcolm Heath)
Aeschylus. The Oresteia (Trans. Robert Fagles)
Euripides. Medea and Other Plays (Trans. Philip Vallacott)
Hamilton, Edith. Mythology.
Euripides. Medea and Other Plays (Trans. Philip Vallacott)
Hamilton, Edith. Mythology.
Nietzsche. The Birth of Tragedy (Trans. Walter Kaufmann)
Sophocles. The Theban Plays (Trans. Robert Fagles)
Sophocles. The Theban Plays (Trans. Robert Fagles)
Course Grading
1. Attendance and Participation: 30%
2. Presentation: 10%
3. Midterm Exam: 20%
4. Final Performance: 40%
5. 10% Bonus: To be Announced in Class
- For oral presentation, select a topic of your own choosing; offer both a summary and a critical evaluation of the selected topic. Please keep your presentation within 20 minutes.
Schedule
Week 01 (2/20) General Introduction and Class Policy
Week 02 (2/27) The Mythological Background of Attic Tragedy (I)
(a) The Quest of the Golden Fleece (Medea)
(b) The House of Atreus (Agamemnon)
(a) The Quest of the Golden Fleece (Medea)
(b) The House of Atreus (Agamemnon)
Week 03 (3/06) The Mythological Background of Attic Tragedy (II)
(a) The Legend of Oedipus (Oediups the King)
(b) The Theban War and its Aftermath (Antigone)
(a) The Legend of Oedipus (Oediups the King)
(b) The Theban War and its Aftermath (Antigone)
Week 04 (3/13) Aristotle’s Poetics (I); BBC Radio 4 In Our Times: Aristotle’s Poetics
Week 05 (3/20) Guest Lecture
Week 06 (3/27) 當代傳奇劇場《樓蘭女》
Week 07 (4/03) No Class
Week 08 (4/10) Midterm Exam
Week 09 (4/17) Aristotle’s Poetics (II)
Week 10 (4/24) Aeschylus, Agamemnon (I)
Week 11 (5/01) Aeschylus, Agamemnon (II)
Week 12 (5/08) Sophocles, Oedipus the King (I)
Week 13 (5/15) Sophocles, Oedipus the King (II)
Week 13 (5/17) Drama Festival (a whole day event)
Week 14 (5/22) Guest Lecture on Antigone
Week 15 (5/29) Euripides, Medea (I)
Week 16 (6/05) Euripides, Medea (II)
Week 17 (6/12) Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy:
(a) the Apollinian and Dionysian duality
(b) the birth of tragedy and its demise
(c) Nietzsche’s critique of Euripides and his admiration for Aeschylus
Week 18 (6/19) No Class
102(下) 課綱：古希臘哲學
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本課程以經典導讀為主軸，引導同學們探索古希臘文明與哲學之美。這學期尤其從古希臘靈魂觀切入，淺談古希臘傳統信仰，介紹蘇格拉底、柏拉圖、亞里斯多德之哲學基本思想架構，並深入探究幾個根本哲學議題：人死後靈魂何去何從？靈魂是否不朽？身體與靈魂的關係？本學期課程特別節選柏拉圖《費多篇》、《費德羅斯篇》、《共和國篇對話錄》、以及亞里斯多德《物理學篇》與《靈魂論篇》之精彩段落，帶領同學們細細研讀，分析其哲學論證，思索古希臘智慧與二十一世紀的台灣激盪、對話之可能性。
二、指定用書
1.《荷馬史詩奧德賽》，王煥生譯，人民文學。
2. Ancient Philosophy:
Essential Readings with Commentary. Nicholas Smith (ed.). Blackwell, 2008.
3. Plato: A Very Short
Introduction. Julia Annas. Oxford University Press, 2003.
4. Aristotle: A Very Short
Introduction. Jonathan Barnes. Oxford University Press, 2000.
5. Ancient Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction. Christopher Shields (ed.). Routledge, 2011.
5. Ancient Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction. Christopher Shields (ed.). Routledge, 2011.
三、教學方式與課程要求
蘇格拉底於市集街頭與雅典青年進行哲學論辯時所使用的問答法，又稱蘇格拉底教學法。本課程秉持這項教學理念，要求同學們須於上課前完成指定閱讀範圍，繳交課前閱讀心得作業，課堂中須主動參與討論。為了幫助同學們專注於課程討論，本課程課堂中不得使用電子產品，含筆記型電腦與智慧型手機。然而有特殊需求之同學，經授課教師了解後，得使用電子產品。
四、教學課綱與閱讀進度
單元一 古希臘傳統信仰
人死之後靈魂何去何從？奧德修斯、厄爾、奧菲爾斯的地底之旅。
指定閱讀文獻
第1週 --/--/2014 Homer’s Odyssey Book 11 and Plato’s Republic Book 10.
單元二 蘇格拉底論死亡
怕死是自以為對於死後的世界擁有知識。死亡不過是睡著了，或者靈魂遷徙到某處與古代英雄好漢相會。哲學家終其一生乃為死亡準備，應當渴望死亡。
指定閱讀文獻
第2週 --/--/2014 Plato, Apology and Phaedo 57a-69e, 115b-118a.
（雙數號作業一due --/--/2014）
單元三 柏拉圖論靈魂
靈魂內部的衝突。駕馭靈魂的馬車，滋養靈魂的翅膀，經歷千年輪迴，重回天際。如何論證靈魂不朽？回憶論證以及聚合力論證。
指定閱讀文獻
第3週 --/--/2014 Plato, Republic Book 4, 436a-444a and Phaedrus
246a-257a.
（單數號作業一due --/--/2014）
第4週 --/--/2014 Plato, Phaedo, 72e-77a: on the Argument from Recollection.
（雙數號作業二due --/--/2014）
第5週 --/--/2014 Plato, Phaedo, 78b-84b: on the Argument from
Affinity.
（單數號作業二due --/--/2014）
單元四 探求原因與解釋
希波克拉底談論精神（靈魂）疾病之原因。柏拉圖視理型為世間事物之原因與解釋。亞里斯多德區分四種解釋：形式因、質料因、動力因、目的因。伊比鳩魯學派的反駁目的論立場。
指定閱讀文獻
第6週 --/--/2014 Hippocratic Writings, The Sacred Disease Selections.
（雙數號作業三due --/--/2014）
第7週 --/--/2014 Plato, Phaedo, 96a-101e.
（單數號作業三due --/--/2014）
第8週 --/--/2014 Aristotle, Physics Book 2, Chapters 3, 7-9.
（雙數號作業四due --/--/2014）
第9週 --/--/2014 Lucretius, The Nature
of Things IV. 823-857 and V. 194-234: on the Epicureans against Teleology.（單數號作業四due --/--/2014）
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第10週 --/--/2014 外賓演講
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單元五 變動的原因與解釋
赫拉克利多斯的萬物流變說，與巴曼尼德斯一切不變說。亞里斯多德的解決。變動的四種基本樣態：生辰與消逝、質變、量變、位移。潛能與實現。第一不動的動者。
指定閱讀文獻
第11週 --/--/2014 Aristotle, Physics Book 1, Chapters 5-7, Book 3,
1-3, Book 5 Chapters 1-4. （單數號作業五due --/--/2014）
第12週 --/--/2014 Aristotle, Physics
Books 7-8.
（雙數號作業五due --/--/2014）
單元六 亞里斯多德論靈魂
身體與靈魂的關係？二元論？功能論？靈魂的定義。攝取養分、知覺、與思考。亞里斯多德定義知覺為一項「獲取知覺對象之形式而略過其質料」之過程。共通感覺。心靈圖像。主動理智與被動理智。
指定閱讀文獻
第13週 --/--/2014 Aristotle, De Anima,
Book 1 Chapters 1-4: on the Relation of Soul and Body.（單數號作業六due --/--/2014）
第14週 --/--/2014 Aristotle, De Anima,
Book 2 Chapters 1-3: on Definition of the Soul.（雙數號作業六due --/--/2014）
第15週 --/--/2014 Aristotle,
De Anima, Book 2 Chapters 4-12: on Perception.
（單數號作業七due
--/--/2014）
第16週 --/--/2014 Aristotle, De Anima,
Book 3 Chapters 1-3: on the Common Sense and Phantasia.（雙數號作業七due --/--/2014）
第17週 --/--/2014 Aristotle, De Anima,
Book 3 Chapters 4-5: on Passive and Productive Intellect.（本週無作業）
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第18週 --/--/2014 期末報告（3000字）截止日期：due --/--/2014
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五、成績考核
一，1000字閱讀心得作業，共7篇，佔學期總平均成績之60%。請針對當週Guided Questions回答，以小論文（essay）方式闡述你的想法以及對於文本之觀察。作業繳交時間為當週上課前兩日之22:00截止，逾時Moodle將自動關閉、不接受補交作業。
二，其末報告（3000字），佔30％。請由這學期所撰寫之七篇小論文中選擇一篇發展為期末報告。
三，上課參與，佔10%。表現優良者卓給予總平均額外10%之Bonus Points。課堂中不定期點名，點名未到（含遲到）者，每次扣總平均5%。