105年 - 105 國立高雄大學_轉學招生考試試題(轉二年級)_西洋語文學系：西洋文學概論#148008

1. frame tale

2. genre

3. episode

4. metaphor

5. stasimon

6. Don Quixote

7. trilogy

8. Lysistrata

1. A common feature of classical epics is that they begin in medias res. Please use two epics to explain what in medias res means and how it works in them.

2. Based on your readings of Agamemnon, Oedipus the King, and Medea, how would you rate and rank the three playwrights, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides? What makes you think so?

3. Consider the many characters that are described in Metamorphoses as beautiful? What is the nature of beauty? Can human control beauty?

4. Aesop’s fables are now generally considered children’s literature. Why is this the case? How is this classification inaccurate?