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1、AnIntroductiontoEuropeanCulturePurposesofthecourseImproveEnglishlearningUpgradepersonalqualityPrepareforgraduateprogramPromoteinterculturalcompetenceBroadenyourvisionforfutureCharacteristicsoftheCourseWideCoverageofmanyfields:astronomy,geography,literature,history
2、,religion,philosophy,politicalthoughts,art(paining,music,architecture,sculpture),science,etc.Knowingsomethingofeverything,noteverythingofsomething–OnlyatasteFocusofStudyHistoricalbackgroundofeveryperiodMajorevents(wars,invasions,reforms,revolutions,socialchanges,e
3、tc.)Ideologies(mainassumptions)Prominenthistoricalfigures(political,literary,religious,scientific,artistic)Literaryandartisticstyles(maincharacteristics)NotoriginalwritingsMiscellanyScope:chapter1-chapter8AttendanceEvaluation(paperorexam)Focusforprominentfigures(n
4、ames,time,contributions,masterpieces,heroesintheirwritings)LanguageofdeliveryRequirementsforpropernames(English,simpleforeign,complexforeign)MypersonalqualificationsforthecourseAbilitiesneededandtobedevelopedMemorization(names,times,etc.)Comprehension(ideasandideo
5、logies)Compareandcontrast(eastandwest)Criticalthinking(whyEuropeleadstheworldinmanyways)PersonalanalysisandsynthesisHowcanyoulearnthecoursewell?Establishachronologicalframeworkofworldhistory:1200–146B.C.:AncientGreece700B.C.–27B.C.–395A.D.-476–1054-1453:AncientRom
6、anEmpire476A.D.–14thcentury:MedievalAge14thC(Dante)–mid-17thC(Shakespeare,EnglishRevolution)17thC:prodigiousdevelopmentofsci&Tech18thC:enlightenment19thC:Marxism,Darwinism,realism20thC:modernism,postmodernismSince1970s:informationage,globalization,economicintegrat
7、ion,multiculturalismAncientGreekCultureHistoricalcontext:1200BC.TrojanWar(700BC:Homer)800-500BC:formativeperiod(citystates)500-336BC:classicalperiod:heydaywinningGreco-PersianWay;democracyinAthens;flourishofsciandart;civilwar:Athensvs.Sparta伯罗奔尼撒战争(432-404BC),decl
8、ined.336-146BC:Hellenizationperiod希腊化时期AlexanderIII(356-336-323BC);center:AlexandriainEgypt;Romanconquestin146BCContendingSchools诡辩学派Sophists500B.C.代表人物
