十分钟速成课：文学 第二季

1.《奥德赛.The Odessey.-8xx》

荷马（Homer，约前9世纪—前8世纪）古希腊人，著《荷马史诗》，分：

《伊利亚特》（公元前12～前11世纪古希腊英雄阿基琉斯和特洛伊人之间的战争。）

《奥德赛》（希腊将领奥德修斯在特洛伊战争结束后历经十年重返家园的故事。）

2.《俄狄浦斯.Oedipus.-431》

索福克勒斯 Sophocles，古希腊悲剧作家。

即使处在命运的掌握之中，也不丧失其独立自主的坚强性格。

Fate vs. Free will

How much control do we have over our lives?

Oedipus complex

3-4.《哈姆雷特.Hamlet.1602》

《狮子王》为其动物版。

5-6.《科学怪人.Frankenstein.1818》

Romanticism浪漫主义，late 17XX, against the industry revolution's devaluing of human spirit n the Enlightenment's scientific certainty.

7.《简爱.Jane Eyre.1847》

8-9.《这个世界将土崩瓦解.Things Fall Apart.1958》

Late 19th century Nigeria

Savages or innocents?

1885, Europeans divided up Africa.

If u wanna see it well, u must not stand in one place.

10-11.《杀死一只知更鸟.To Kill a Mocking Bird.1960》

Depression era, Alabama

U never really understand a person until u consider things from his point of view-- until u climb into his skin n walk around in it.

12-13.《第五号屠宰场.Slaughterhouse-Five.1969》

Romans said, Man is a wolf to man.

14.《宠儿.Beloved》

15.Langston Hughe's poetry

兰斯顿·修斯

1918-1929, the Harlem Renaissance, after WWI n before the Great Depression.

16.Sylvia Plath's poetry

西尔维娅·普拉斯