英国文学与文化学期作业第8版

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British Literature and Culture Assignment No.TopicHow to presentStudent QuotaDue Time Points

Have a look on Chinese gods and compare them with the ones in Greek mythology in terms of being a god and being a man. Oral 3Week 120

Give a speech or presentation on the topic of “Being moral or being Man?”Oral 3Week 120

Tell the story of the origin of the milky wayOral 1Week 25Who is Athena in the Greek mythology? And tell the story of the origin of the name of the City of Oral1Week 25Athens.Tell the story of Venus and AdonisOral 1Week 25

Give a presentation on the topic of “Greek Legacies to the World”Oral3Week 220

Explain the following items:EpicHomerIliadOdysseyOral1Week 210

Give your definition of heroes. And Discuss the difference between Chinese heroes and the Greek ones.Oral2Week210

Explain the following phrases:Beat the air Adam’s Oral1Week 35apple To cast pearls before swineLike father, like son.Explain the following phrases:You can’t serve God and mammon.Spare the rod and spoil the childmake bricks without strawOral1Week 35

Explain the meaning of Red CrossOral1Week 35Tell the story of the Tower of BabelOral1Week 35Make a presentation with the following topic:Oral3Week 420Movies, TV and The Bible– A Case Study of …Who were the earliest settlers of Britton/England? What do you know about them (home, language, belief, life style)?Oral1Week 410

What are the 3 conquests in the early history of Britain? What effects did they have upon the nation?Oral1Week 420

Introduce Geoffrey Chaucer and his worksAnd explain what a pilgrimage is.Oral1Week 510

Performance: “the Wife of Bath’s Tale” by Oral1Week 520Geoffrey Chaucer Retell the Nun’s Priest' Tale by Geoffrey ChaucerOral1Week 510

Retell “ The Knights’ Tale” by Geoffrey ChaucerOral1Week 510Retell the story of “ Sir Gawain & the Green Knight” from the legend of King Arthur Oral1Week 510

Make a presentation with the following topic:The Evolution of the Coat of Arms of Britainoral2Week 520

Make a presentation with the following topic:Chivalry : yesterday and todayOral1Week 615

What is Renaissance?Why did the Oral1Week 610Renaissance first begin in Italy?Make a brief introduction of Queen Elizabeth IOral1Week 610

Answer the following question:Do you think China today needs a “renaissance”? If it does, from which period of time in the history and which part of culture should we look for the seed of “rebirth”?Oral2Week 720

Give a brief introduction of William ShakespeareOral1Week 710

Performance:Balcony Scene in Romeo and Juliet Oral 3Week 720Performance : Court Scene in Merchant of Venice Oral3Week 820

Recite Shylock’s resentment for the treatment he has suffered in the pastOral3Week 810

Recite Shylock’s revengeful speech on why he demands a pound of fleshOral3Week 8

Recite the soliloquy of “To be or not to be, that is the question” in Hamlet by Shakespeare.Oral3Week810

Recite Polonius’ advice in Hamlet.Oral3Week 810Recite Sonnet 18 “Shall I compare thee to a Oral3Week810summer’s day?” by Shakespeare. Recite the selected parts from Of Studies by Francis BaconOral4Week910

Make a presentation with the following topic:the book influenced me deeply to changeOral 2Week 920

Make a presentation with the following topic: My most favorite Chinese ancient poem of partingOral2Week 1120

Answer the following question:When and where did the Oral1Week 125Enlightenment occur? What does that term mean?Answer the following question:What is the meaning of “natural rights”?Oral2Week 125

Answer the following question:What were Rousseau’s major ideas regarding the nature of human beings?Oral2Week 125

Answer the following question:What were four of Rousseau’s major ideas Oral2Week 1210regarding government?Answer the following question:What were Montesquieu’s major ideas regarding the nature of human beings? And what were four of Montesquieu’s major ideas regarding government?Oral2Week 1210

Answer the following question:What were John Locke’s major ideas regarding the Oral2Week 1210