文档介绍：CULTURE
文化
An introduction to European culture
By Yasha Wei
I. Greek Culture and Roman Culture
II. The Bible and Christianity
III. The Middle Ages
IV. Renaissance and Reformation
V. The 17th Century
VI. The Age of Enlightenment
VII. Romanticism
and Darwinism
IX. Realism
X. Modernism and Other Trends.
Arrangement of contents
Requirements for and evaluation of students
1. Attendance
2. After class assignments for related topics and vocabulary.
3. In class performance and involvement
4. Group presentation on various topics
Cupid? Eros?
The School of Athens
Spartan King Leonidas:Spartans!Ready your breakfast and eat hearty,for tonight ,we dine in Hell!
Persian Emissary:This is madness!Spartan King Leonidas:Madness?This is Sparta!
Why study the Greeks?
Western intellectual history always begins with the ancient Greeks. 
The Greeks educated the Romans, after the dark age, it was the record of Greeks,kept and studied by the Moslem and Christian thinkers, that evetually educated the whole Europe again.
As English major students, it is quite necessary for us to lay a solid foundation of ancient western civilization so as to broaden our view and study the language and the world around from different perspective.
Two major elements in European culture
Greco-Roman element
Judeo-Christian element
A term used to pass mon ethical standards of Christianity and Judaism
Traditions and cultures that mutually shared by both ancient Greece and Roman
Greek Culture
1. The historical backdrop
Around 1200 , a war between Greece and Troy broke out, ending with the destruction of Troy
5th , the highest point of development of Greek culture
Key words: Persian war, democracy, science, philosophy,literature art and historical writings.