110年第2學期-0158 西洋文化史（二） 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Quizzes	10
Mid term exam	25
Final exam	35
Writing Assignment	20
In class grade	10

教育目標

The second half of this course continues the History of Western Civilization from the late medieval world to approximately the age of the Industrial Revolution and the First World War. The course will emphasize a pedagogical approach that is best suited to Chinese students of Western languages and literatures: The Hebrew tradition; the development of the Greek and Roman cultures; Christianity; the evolution of the Indo-European languages; European contacts with the East; Western concepts of self, other, home, identity, family, nation, state, and justice, divinity, etc. The Spring semester takes up with the early Middle Ages, and continues to the Industrial Revolution and the modern world.

課程概述

History of Western Civilization is an elective course. Its aim is to introduce students to the history of Western civilization from its beginnings in the ancient Near East and the Greek-Roman world to approximately WWI (1914-18). Much attention is devoted throughout the course of the year to those aspects of Western civilization which are most relevant to Chinese students of Western languages and literatures: the Greek-Roman legacy; Christianity; the history of major European languages such as English, French, and Spanish; European contacts with the East; Western concepts of self, other, home, identity, family, nation, state, justice, divinity, etc.

基本資料

選修課，學分數：0-2
上課時間：二/5,6[LAN013]
修課班級：外文系2-4
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：學生自行上網選課

參考書目

■ 主要參考書籍/資料 (Textbooks and References)
Western Civilizations Their History & Their Culture. Brief Fourth Ed.
Joshua Cole and Carol Symes. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.