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西方文化课程论文 课程号 140010190 成绩: 学院； 专业： 姓名： 学号： 2011年10月27日 词条解释: 1. Oedipus the king: Oedipus the king which was written by Sophocles was the story of a man who unknowingly committed terrible sin. An oracle said that the child Oedipus would grow up to kill his father and marry his mother.So the parents left him on a hillside,but he was rescued and brought up as a son of the king of another country. Hearing the oracle,Oedipus ran away from that country. While traveling, he met and killed his father ,king of Thebes and marry the queen of the country who was his mother. 2. Discus Thrower: Discus Thrower was a sculpture in which the relaxation an contraction of the muscle were successfully brought out and the sense of body movement is remarkably strong,bringing out a good sense of harmony and the balance of opposites. Book of Job This is a poetic drama with the following scheme: Part one: The prologue Part Two: The poem proper Job speaks --Job and his friends state their case--Job speaks again--God answer Job--Job answer God Part Three: The epilogue This was a book which was written by Job, a legendary figure in the distant past who is a law-abiding and God-fearing innocent man. This book described how he endured all his sufferings and still kept his faith in God. Amos Chronologically it is the earliest prophet. Amos was a shepherd living around 800 B.C who witnessed the exploitation of the poor, and corruption in the courts of justice. In Amos we can hear clearly the angry voice of the laboring people. He warned his people of the coming invasion by Assyria and Egypt and was accused of plotting revolution. Code of Chivalry As a knight ,he was pledged to protect the weak ,to fight for the church, to be loyal to his lord and to respect women of noble birth. Beowulf (700-750 A.D) Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon epic ,in alliterative verse, originat