《西方文化经典选读》考试题型及复习要点 .pdf

《西方文化经典选读》考试题型及复习要点 一、考试题型（开卷考试；英文试卷，用英文答题）： 1、作者——作品连线（20*1’=20 分） 2、填空题（20*1’=20 分） 3、简答题（4*10’=40 分）（每题约需100 词） 4 、论述题（1*20’=20 分）（约200 词） 二、复习要点 1. Homer  The titles and plots of his two epics  The theme of Iliad 2. Socrates  How does Socrates prove the oracle that he is the wisest among the Greeks?  The mission of a philosopher and what it means that he is like a gadfly to the nation  His attitude towards death 3. Plato  Facts about Plato’s life and works  His allegory of the cave and the essence of his idea of education  The qualities of a Ruler  How to understand “Better to be the poor servant of a poor master” 4. Marcus Aurelius  The duty or responsibility of man 5. The Holy Bible  Facts about The Holy Bible  Creation of the world  The fall of man  The birth of Jesus 6. Nicolo Machiavelli  Machiavellianism  How should princes keep faith? Your comments?  Machiavelli’s idea of the essential qualities of a popular ruler 7. Immanuel Kant  Facts of his life and works  The essence of enlightenment  Public use of one’s reason and private use of one’s reason 8. Jean-Jacques Rousseau  Natural man and social man  The essence of education 9. Adam Smith  Reasons for the division of labor  The invisible hand 10. Friedrich Nietzsche  Facts of his life and works  His attitude towards morality and Christianity  The relationship between Apollonian spirit and Dionysian spirit 11. Max Weber  The Protestant ethic  The spirit of capitalism  The relationship between the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism 12. Sigmund Freud  Facts of his life and works  His theory of consciousness  His theory of personality  Functions of dreams 13. Simone