本书作者Duncan Sidwell具有多年语言教学和教材编写方面的经验,从西方人的视角叙述欧洲文化的发展变迁,语言地道、见地。本书既可用作高样英语专业文化课教材,也可供水平相当的英语学习者参考,具有如下特点:
结构清晰,系统、全面地介绍了欧洲文化,注重史实,详略得当。
图文并茂,并配CD-ROM光盘,最大限度扩充内容,提供更多教学参考。
提供了详细的教学建议,每章均有引言和总述,每节标题下均附重点内容提示,概要介绍该部分内容。
每章设复习题及讨论题,注重文化的横向比较,把欧洲文化的发展放在世界文化发展的宏观背景中,有意识地引导学习者深入思考。
附录中提供了大量实用的信息,如:哲学术语汇总、英语人名地名汇总、希腊罗马神话中诸神对照表等,方便读者查阅。
本书分10章按时间顺序介绍了欧洲文化的源流发展。最大的特点是,避免了一般历史书枯燥乏味的叙述,代之以具体的历史史实,从而增加了趣味性和可读性。本书内容丰富,配有许多精美图片,由于需要扩展内容较多,延伸的部分以光盘的形式出现。
目录
CHAPTER 1 ANCIENT GREECE AND THE HELLENISTIC AGE
Introduction
Part 1 The history of Greece
1 The predecessors of the Greeks
2 The Greeks arrive
3 The Hellenistic Age (338-30 BC)
Part 2 Religion, politics, and daily life
4 Greek religion
5 The early development of politics
6 Society and education
Part 3 Literature and historical writing
7 Early Greek literature
8 Literature of the Lyric Age (700-490 BC)
9 Drama in the ClassicalAge
10 Literature in the Hellenistic Age
11 Historical writing
Part 4 The arts
12 Architecture
13 Sculpture
14 Pottery
15 Music
Part 5 Philosophy and science
16 Philosophy and science from the seventh to the third century BC
17 Science in the Hellenistic Age
Conclusion
CHAPTER 2 ANCIENT ROME
Introduction
Part 1 The history of Rome
1 Historical background: Rome from Republic to Empire
Part 2 Society and daily life
2 Religion
3 The family and education
4 Entertainment
Part 3 The arts, law and writing
5 The arts
6 Roman law
7 Roman literature and historical writing
Conclusion
CHAPTER 3 JUDAEO-CHRISTIANITY
Introduction
Part 1 The history of the Jews and of early Christianity
1 The Hebrews and the creation of Israel
2 Jews in the Hellenistic Age
3 Jesus and the first Christians
4 From persecution to state religion
5 Establishing the Christian church
6 Early church debates and disputes
7 Monasticism
Part 2 The Bibe-The Old Testament
8 The Creation and the Law of Moses
9 The history of Israel
10 Wisdom, unhappiness and poetry
11 Protest and prophecy
Part 3 The Bible-The New Testament
12 The texts of the New Testament
13 The nature of the New Testament
14 The life and teaching of Jesus as shown in the Gospels
15 The Acts of the Apostles, the teaching of Paul and early letters
16 The Book of Revelation
Part 4 Perspectives on Judaism and Christianity
17 Historical aspects of Judaism and Christianity
Conclusion
CHAPTER 4 THE MIDDLE AGES
Introduction
Part 1 The Early Middle Ages from 500 to 1000 AD
1 The collapse of the Roman Empire in the west
2 The growth of order
3 The early medieval population and the medieval world view
4 Learning and literature
5 Charlemagne and the restoration of learning
Part 2 The Late Middle Ages--new social organisation,chivalry and the crusades
6 The new social organisation of the tenth to the thirteenth centuries
7 Chivalry
8 The crusades
Part 3 The Late Middle Ages--intellectual change and controversy
9 Social change and the growth of law
10 Intellectual controversy-faith or reason?
11 The church strengthens its authority
12 The church and the state in dispute
Part 4 The Late Middle Ages--the arts and science
13 Architecture and art
14 Literature
15 Music
16 Science
Conclusion
CHAPTER 5 THE RENAISSANCE AND THE REFORMATION
CHAPTER 6 THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER 7 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER 8 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: 1800-1870
CHAPTER 9 EUROPE 1870-1914
CHAPTER 10 EUROPE 1914-2000