欧洲文化入门课件5.ppt

An Introduction to European Culture 王昺 教授 辽宁师范大学外国语学院 Email: wang.bing@126.com Purposes of the course Improve English learning Upgrade personal quality Prepare for graduate program Promote intercultural competence Broaden your vision for future Characteristics of the Course Wide Coverage of many fields: astronomy, geography, literature, history, religion, philosophy, political thoughts, art (paining, music, architecture, sculpture), science, etc. Knowing something of everything, not everything of something – Only a taste Focus of Study Historical background of every period Major events (wars, invasions, reforms, revolutions, social changes,etc.) Ideologies (main assumptions) Prominent historical figures (political, literary, religious, scientific, artistic) Literary and artistic styles (main characteristics) Not original writings Miscellany Scope: chapter 1-chapter 8 Attendance Evaluation (paper or exam) Focus for prominent figures (names, time, contributions, masterpieces, heroes in their writings) Language of delivery Requirements for proper names (English, simple foreign, complex foreign) My personal qualifications for the course Abilities needed and to be developed Memorization (names, times, etc.) Comprehension (ideas and ideologies) Compare and contrast (east and west) Critical thinking (why Europe leads the world in many ways) Personal analysis and synthesis How can you learn the course well? Establish a chronological framework of world history: 1200 – 146 B.C.: Ancient Greece 700 B.C. – 27 B.C. – 395 A.D.- 476 – 1054- 1453: Ancient Roman Empire 476 A.D. – 14th century : Medieval Age 14th C (Dante) – mid-17th C (Shakespeare, English Revolution) 17th C: prodigious development of sci Tech 18th C: enlightenment 19th C: Marxism, Darwinism, realism 20th C: modernism, postmodernism Since 1970s: information age, globalization, economic integration, multiculturalism Ancient Greek Culture Historical context: 1200 BC. Trojan War (700BC: Homer) 800-50