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AnIntroductiontoEuropeanCulture王昺教授遼寧師范大學(xué)外國(guó)語(yǔ)學(xué)院Email:PurposesofthecourseImproveEnglishlearningUpgradepersonalqualityPrepareforgraduateprogramPromoteinterculturalcompetenceBroadenyourvisionforfutureCharacteristicsoftheCourseWideCoverageofmanyfields: astronomy,geography,literature,history,religion,philosophy,politicalthoughts,art(paining,music,architecture,sculpture),science,etc.Knowingsomethingofeverything,noteverythingofsomething–OnlyatasteFocusofStudyHistoricalbackgroundofeveryperiodMajorevents(wars,invasions,reforms,revolutions,socialchanges,etc.)Ideologies(mainassumptions)Prominenthistoricalfigures(political,literary,religious,scientific,artistic)Literaryandartisticstyles(maincharacteristics)NotoriginalwritingsMiscellanyScope:chapter1-chapter8AttendanceEvaluation(paperorexam)Focusforprominentfigures(names,time,contributions,masterpieces,heroesintheirwritings)LanguageofdeliveryRequirementsforpropernames(English,simpleforeign,complexforeign)MypersonalqualificationsforthecourseAbilitiesneededandtobedevelopedMemorization(names,times,etc.)Comprehension(ideasandideologies)Compareandcontrast(eastandwest)Criticalthinking(whyEuropeleadstheworldinmanyways)PersonalanalysisandsynthesisHowcanyoulearnthecoursewell?Establishachronologicalframeworkofworldhistory:1200–146B.C.:AncientGreece700B.C.–27B.C.–395A.D.-476–1054-1453:AncientRomanEmpire476A.D.–14thcentury:MedievalAge14thC(Dante)–mid-17thC(Shakespeare,EnglishRevolution)17thC:prodigiousdevelopmentofsci&Tech18thC:enlightenment19thC:Marxism,Darwinism,realism20thC:modernism,postmodernismSince1970s:informationage,globalization,economicintegration,multiculturalismAncientGreekCultureHistoricalcontext:1200BC.TrojanWar(700BC:Homer)800-500BC:formativeperiod(citystates)500-336BC:classicalperiod:heyday winningGreco-PersianWay;democracyinAthens;flourishofsciandart; civilwar:Athensvs.Sparta伯羅奔尼撒戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)(432-404BC),declined.336-146BC:Hellenizationperiod希臘化時(shí)期 AlexanderIII(356-336-323BC); center:AlexandriainEgypt;Romanconquestin146BCContendingSchools狡辯學(xué)派Sophists500B.C.代表人物：ProtagorasManismeasureofallthings.ForerunnerofSocraticdialecticEmphasisonabilitytoargueforanycaseregardlessofitstruthCynics：犬儒學(xué)派300B.C.

Diogenes

主張：

simplicity

brotherhood

rejectingconventionsSceptics不可知派

Pyrrhon

Notallknowledgeisattainable.

Wisemenshouldnotjudge,butshould

aimatbalancedimperburbability.Epicureans伊壁鳩魯學(xué)派

Epicurus

Pleasureisthehighestgoodoflife,

achievedthroughpracticedvirtue.

Differentfromhedonism(享樂(lè)主義）－throughsensualindulgence.

Stoics斯多葛派，禁欲主義學(xué)派

Zeno

antithesisofEpicureans

virtue,notpleasure,isthehighestgood.

Duty

Hardship

AncientRomePeriodofKings:753-510B.C. CityofRomesetupPeriodofRepublic:510-27B.C. 1)OccupationofwholeItaly 2)expansion:PunicWars（264－133B.C.）,defeatingCarthage(迦太基) 3)Slaveuprisings(133-27BC.):斯巴達(dá)克斯PeriodofEmpire:27B.C.–476A.D.–1453 27BC.－193AD.PaxRomana

前三頭：克拉蘇，龐培，凱撒

（JuliusCaeser）

后三頭：雷必達(dá)，安東尼，屋大維（AugustusOctavius）

after193:weakened,barbarianinvasions(Huns,Goths,Visigoths,Vandals)

475:split–WREandByzantium

1453:conqueredbyOttomanEmpire

(ModernItaly:1871)Romans&GreeksSimilarities:Democracy:citizenassembly,hostiletomonarchyReligionandmythology:Languages(GreekandLatin):Indo-Europeanfamily Differences:

Romansbuiltanempire,Greeksnot.

Greeks:

artandintellect

Romans:

Military:Romanlegions

Law:RomanLaw

Constructions:aqueducts,roads

Governmentsystem:effective bureaucracyTheBibleItisnotasinglebook,butacollectionof66books,differentinstyle,content,subjectofmatter,andpointofview.Notwrittenbyoneperson,butbymanyanonymously,somesectionshadexistedorallybefore.Notwrittenwithinasingleperiodoftime: OldTestament:1,000-15B.C. N.T.:50–150A.D.Notwritteninonelanguage: O.T:inHebrew;N.T:inGreek(partlyinAramaic阿拉米語(yǔ))

*Booksinitarenotsystematicallyclassified orchronologicallyarranged.

*ItcontainswordsofGod,

aninspiredandinspiringbook

anencyclopedia(poem,history,tale, moralteachings,etc.),

*Itisabookthatwasorderedtobeburned, butsurvivedeverytime.

*Itisabooktranslatedintoover1,000Ls anddialects.

*NumberOneintermsofpublicationvolume;greatlyinfluencingEuculture.

Classificationof66booksOldTestament:(HebrewHistory)1.Lawandhistory2.Prophecies3.Poetry,drama,tales,moralteachingsNewTestament:(LifeofJesusChrist)1.Gospels2.Letters3.RevelationsThecentralthemebindingallbooks: Hebrewtraditionwrittenby,meantforandaboutHebrews.Genealogy

Adam&Eve–Noah諾亞(Ark)–Abraham(toCanaan迦南)–Moses摩西(Exodus)–Joshua（約書(shū)亞）(backtoCanaan)–split（猶太國(guó)&以色列國(guó)）–Saul掃羅(unification)–David大衛(wèi)(builtJerusalem)–Solomon所羅門(mén)

LifeofGesusBornonDec.25th,4B.C.InBethlehem伯利恒Fromacarpenter’sfamilyJoseph&VirginMaryDisappearedasachildLifebefore30:unknownAt30:baptizedbyJohnFrom30-33:preachingAt33:cruxifixationonGoodFriday2dayslater(Sunday):resurrectiontoheaven(Easter)SpreadofChristianityInearlytime:suppressedbyRomangov.Later:developedquickly305A.D.:stoppedpersecution313:EmperorConstantinegrantedreligiousfreedom(EdictofMilan米蘭敕令),becamelegal.Constantinebaptizedatdeathbed392:EmperorTheodosius塞奧多西烏斯madeChristianitytheofficialreligionoftheEmpireandoutlawallotherreligions.6thcentury:Nestorianism景教reachedChina.TranslationofBibleOriginal:Hebrew(舊)&Greek（新）Septuagint:七十子希臘文舊約全書(shū)（3rd.centuryB.C.inAlexandria）(lost)Vulgateedition:LatinwholeBiblebyJerome日羅姆（405A.D.）;modelforversionsinotherLs.After16thCentury:intomanynationallanguages.EnglishVersions1382:JohnWycliff威克里夫16thCentury:WilliamTyndale,literaryquality1611:KingJames’Bible（詹姆斯一世欽定本）,plainlanguageandmostinfluential1885:revisededition1901:AmericaneditionChineseVersions*7thC:景教本（敦煌）*17thC:明清本，by missionaries*1919:和合本,financedby churches*1979：聯(lián)合本（inH.K.）FamoussayingfromtheBiblethelaststrawthatfallsgentlyonthecamel’sback引起巨大后果旳最終原因Cantheleopardchangeitsspots?本性難移.Tosowthewindandreapthewhirlwind自食其果.Alivingdogisbetterthanadeadlion.Itismoredifficultfortherichtogivethanforthecameltogothroughtheeyeofaneedle.TheMiddleAges（theMedievalTimes）Time:476A.D.–14thC.(人文主義出現(xiàn))FeudalizationinEU.Nopoliticalunity,nocentralgov.Warsandinvasions(1066,Crusades)Onlyorganization:CatholicchurchChurchgainedpowerandinfluenceSuppressscientists(“heretic”):Inquization(theDarkAge)Everyonewasabeliever:AgeofFaithBirthofmanynations:England,France,SpainCrusadersCause:JerusalemfelltopaganskillingChristianpilgrimsTimes:12crusades,200yearsEffect: East-Westcontact riseofmonarchy materialism internationaltradedevelopment learningrevivedRenaissanceTime:14thC–mid-17thC.(Eng.Revo.)Origin:Italy,spreadtoallEu.Means:revivalofinterestinR.&G.cultureIdeology:humanismBourgeoisinnatureProdigiousdevelopmentinsci.andtech.NationallanguagesAbsoluteauthorityofCatholic:shakenGiantsappearedDifferentemphasisItaly:artFrance:literatureEngland:philosophy,dramaGermany:religionCharacteristicsSpreadofHumanismReturntoclassicalvaluesBeginningofobjectivesci.inquiryFlourishofliteratureandartGeographicdiscoveriesHumanismAphilosophytoassertgreatnessofman: physicalbeauty+powerofreasonAmovementtorestorehumanvalueofancientclassicsasopposedtoscholasticism經(jīng)院哲學(xué)oftheM.Ages.Bourgeoisinnature,againstfeudalism,pavingthewayfortherisingcapitalismReligiousRevolutionA16thC.religious,social,politicalmovementAim:toopposeabsoluteauthorityofRomanCatholicchurchandreplaceitwiththeauthorityoftheBibleDisputes:(1)whoisthesupremeauthority,theChurchorBible?(2)CanindividualscommunicatedirectlywithGod?(indulgences)Beginning:M.Luther’s95theses(Wittengerg威登堡church)Result:splitofchurchReformers’practiceTranslateBibleintovernacularsSimplifychurchritualsAbolishingindulgences贖罪券ReformchurchOpposechurchinterferencewithnaitonaleco.AndpoliticsPeasantwarMartinLutherFounderofProtestantChurch95thesesAgainstindulgencesStartedreligiousreformwhichextendedtoecoandpoli.liberationfromchurchcontrolTranslateBibleintoGermanvernacularFighterfordemocracyandnationalismIdealofequalitySplitofChristianity395A.D.:RomanEmpire-WestandEast476:W.REended1054:CatholicR.Catholic&Orthodox1453:endofE.RE(Byzantium)1520s:R.CatholicCatholic&Protestant(Calvinism瑞,Huguenot法,Presbyterianism蘇,Anglican英,etc.)After1620:Quacker,Methodism美,etc.)ReformationinEnglandFocus:Popevs.King(Germany:churchvs.Bible)J.KnoxestablishedPresbyterianchurchWycliffetranslatedEnglishBibleHerryVIIIbrokewithPope(onmarriage)Actofsupremacyof1534ClosingmonasteriesandseizinglandCounterReformationSpainbecamethebaseofchurchreform,establishmentofInquizationCouncilofTrent:stressingCatholicorthodoxyJesuits:conservativeCatholicadvocateswhohelpedtowinmuchofGermany,Poland,Hungary,etc.(stillalivetoday)ProtestantismandCapitalismRomanCatholicchurchweakenedDenominationsflourished–ProtestantismLiberationofideas:imagination,creationFormationofmanynation-statesNationallanguages:popularSci,trade,commerceInventionsanddiscoveriesObediencegavewaytoquest,challengeandfreedomGeographicDiscoveriesBy1600,surfaceoftheknownearthdoubledColumbus(熱那亞人，西班牙):N.World(Oct.12,1492)(比較：鄭和，1405－1433年7次下西洋)Diaz（葡萄牙）：CapeofGoodHope(1487)DaGama(葡萄牙)：RoutetoIndiaviaGoodHope(1497)Amerigo(意大利，亞美利哥·維斯普契)：亞美利加洲Magellan,Firdinand（麥哲倫，葡萄牙）：sailingaroundtheglobe(1522)Sciencein17thC.Ptolemy托勒密（2ndC.AD.）：地心說(shuō)Copernicus:heliocentrichypothesis日心說(shuō)Kepler:3Kepler’slaws-lendsupporttoCopernicusHypothesisGalileo:inventedastronomicaltelescope,provedheliocentrictheorybyobservation,thelawofinertia,theprincipleoflever,thelawoffallingbodies.SirIsaacNewton:thelawofuniversalgravitation(Natureisgovernedbylaws)AlexanderPope(蒲伯)wrote:

“NatureandNature’slawshidinnight,

Godsaid,‘LetNewtonbe,’andallwaslight.”

宇宙法則，冥冥之中，

主曰：“頓來(lái)”，萬(wàn)物皆明。社會(huì)契約論（民約論）Hobbes：Naturalstateofwar:狼多肉少LawsofNature:theruleofreason passionwarandanarchy reasoncooperationandpeace3.Socialcontract:Everypersongivesuphisorherrightstooneman(sovereign)by“anagreement”;Powersofsovereignisabsolute;Rebellioniswrong;Peaceisachieved.實(shí)質(zhì)：supportofmonarchy意義：against“divinerightofkings.”君權(quán)神授

J.LockeAgainstdivinerightofkingsAllmenarenaturallyfreeandequalinthestateofnature(naturalrights:survival,self-defense,privateproperties).Naturallawmeansuniversallyobligatorymorallaw,governedbyreason.Socialcontract:Willofthemojority;Therulerofgovernmentisonepartneroftheagreement;Rebellionisjustified;Supportofdemocracy;意義：theoryforAm.RevolutionEnglishRevolutioncauses:growthofcapitalism;Breakdownofserfdom;PuritanmovementTime:1642-1649(CharlesIbeheaded;Stuartended)Leader:OliverCromwell克倫威爾CharlesII.Restoration:16581688:GloriousRevolution(William&Mary)GloriousRevolutionof16881689：BillofRights:establishedsupremacyofParliament(constitutionalmonarchy)legislature:parliamentTaxation:parliamentMilitary:nostandingarmyforkingReligion:noRomanCatholiccanbeaking.EnlightenmentAnintellectualmovementoriginatinginFranceinthe2ndhalfofthe18thC.特點(diǎn)：usingcriticalreasontofreemindfromprejudice,unexaminedauthority,andoppressionofchurchorstate–AgeofReason先驅(qū)： 1.J.Locke:materialisttheory（知識(shí)起源于經(jīng)驗(yàn)，人腦能夠認(rèn)識(shí)世界） 2.I.Newton:lawofuniversalgravitation(自然是由法則支配旳，法則能夠被人認(rèn)識(shí))Beliefin:naturallaw,universalorder,humanreasonProminentfigures:伏爾泰，孟德斯鳩，狄德羅，盧梭FrenchEncyclopedia:popularizednewkn.andideasInfluencesinVariousAspectsPolitics:rationalizationofgov.andlaw (separationofpowers) Socialcontactvs.divinerightofkingsIdeology:freedom,equalityandfraternity vs.feudalprivileges;kn.&sci.vs prejudice&ignorance Philosophy:materialismvs.scholasticismReligion:Deismvs.ChristianityArt&L.:decorum(規(guī)范)Economy:laissezfairevs.state interference(feudalbondage)HistoricalContext1700-1750:peacefulAfter1750:fullofideological,political,socialandeconomicrevolutions1776:AmericanRev.–DeclarationofIndependence1789:FrenchRev.–DeclarationofRightsofMan1760-1840:EnglishIndustrialRev.Result:growthofmoderncapitalismRomanticism(18-19thC)Individualfreedomandaspirations;Shiftfromconformisttocreativeandadventurous;Givingimpetustonationalmovement;DirectcontactwithNatureforinspiration;Puresentiment,idealbeautyInsearchforsubjective,spontaneous,supernatural;Eulogizingidylliclife;Escapefromcorrupt,pollutedurbancivilization;Returntonatureandchildlikeinnocence;Youthandlove.Beginning:Rousseau;StormandStress(德國(guó)狂飚突進(jìn)運(yùn)動(dòng))CorruptionofcapitalistsocietyPollutionofnatureafterIndustrialRevolutionCriticism