西方文明起源導讀

《西方文明起源導讀》是由馬克·巴克 （Mark Buck）著，中國人民大學出版社於2015年出版的圖書。

基本介紹

• 書名：西方文明起源導讀
• 作者：[英]馬克·巴克 （Mark Buck）
• ISBN：978-7-300-21869-4
• 定價：￥35.00
• 出版社：中國人民大學出版社
• 出版時間：2015-10-22
• 裝幀：平
• 開本：16

作者簡介

Mark Buck 教授，劍橋大學畢業，現任北京科技大學外國語學院客座教授，教授古希臘聖經文化課程。

內容簡介

本教材旨幫助學生獲得西方文明起源的知識，對於大學生來講，這是他們學習歐洲文化、文學及文明發展歷史的核心知識和基礎，有助於提升當今中國大學教育中的人文素質培養。從篇幅上來講，全書按照16周的課程進行內容設計，共分20章。在每章內容的編寫上分三個層面：1、作者基於自己對西方文化的長期研究和教學，深入淺出地介紹知識點；2、引導學生進行適量的經典片段閱讀；3、針對所講內容提出問題，這些問題不會是傳統教材中那種考查式問題，而是啟發和開放性問題，目的是引導學生進行批判性思考。

本書目標讀者為大學英語專業低年級學生或非英語專業的高年級學生， 可用於英語專業低年級專業課程或非英語專業高年選修課程。

目錄

GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Unit 1 What Is Myth?
Unit 2 Shocking Behaviour
Unit 3 Supermen
Unit 4 Missions Impossible
Unit 5 Myth and Psychoanalysis
Unit 6 Women
Unit 7 Myth and History
Unit 8 The Remodeling of Myth
THE BIBLE
Unit 9 What Is the Bible?
THE OLD TESTAMENT
Unit 10 The Creation and the Fall
Unit 11 From Abraham to Moses
Unit 12 The Jews in the Promised Land
Unit 13 Exile
Unit 14 The Prophets
Unit 15 Wisdom Literature
THE NEW TESTAMENT
Unit 16 The Incarnation
Unit 17 The Ministry of Jesus
Unit 18 The Passion
Unit 19 Resurrection and Ascension
Unit 20 The Acts of the Apostles and the Ministry of St Paul
Concluding Remarks
Suggestions for Further Reading and Reference

精彩片段

PREFACE

This book aims to provide a short introduction to undergraduate students embarking on courses that will involve them in studying western culture, particularly western literature, art and history. Until very recently the study of Greek and Roman culture, and of the classical languages of Greek and Latin in particular, was a major feature of western education. Until very recently too most educated westerners had a fairly extensive knowledge of the Bible, as a result both of their education and of religious observance. So western writers assumed a quite detailed knowledge of both Greek Mythology and the Bible in everything they wrote. A working knowledge of these two very large areas is therefore a necessary key to understanding most western literature and art.

The book’s first object is therefore to select from what is very extensive and often very complex material only what is most essential for students to master first. However, we have been reluctant to restrict ourselves and our readers to a purely factual and narrative presentation of the subject. One of the most unfortunate aspects of any study of this material is the large amount of factual detail, especially names, that needs to be absorbed. We have tried to keep this to a minimum. Otherwise, the bad habit of only learning by heart will be reinforced and, although the stories are often quirky and entertaining, there is a danger that overload will kill off any interest.

There is no need for that. When studying Greek myths and the books of the Bible, we can place them in their historical context and ask what they tell us about the people who told or wrote these stories. We can detect their values and judge them against the values of other ancient civilizations and against our own values today. We can seek to explain these values in the light of the contexts from which they spring.