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Culture vs. Civilization & Eastern Culture vs. Western Culture |
1. Questions for next class:
What is the meaning of “testament”?
2. Questions for After-class Self-study on the Internet
Read the part “An Introduction to the Bible” in the textbook.
3. Online Resource for Further Self-studies:
http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/cultures_east-west-phylosophy.html |
Lecture 2 |
An Introduction to the Bible |
1. Questions for next class:
What are the literary elements of the Bible?
2. Questions for After-class Self-study on the Internet
Why the Bible can be regarded as literature? |
Lecture 3 |
The Bible as Literature |
1. Questions for next class:
If Jesus returned to earth today, which church would He go to?
A Catholic church?
An Eastern Orthodox Church?
A Protestant church?
A Jewish synagogue?
2. Questions for After-class Self-study on the Internet
Why the wise virgins could not share the oil with the foolish, and what does the oil symbolize?
Why the wise virgins could not share the oil with the foolish?
3. Online Resource for Further Self-studies: |
Lecture 4 |
Bible Stories |
1. Questions for next class:
If Jesus returned to earth today, which church would He go to?
A Catholic church?
An Eastern Orthodox Church?
A Protestant church?
A Jewish synagogue?
2. Questions for After-class Self-study on the Internet
Why the wise virgins could not share the oil with the foolish, and what does the oil symbolize?
Why the wise virgins could not share the oil with the foolish?
3. Online Resource for Further Self-studies:
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Lecture 5 |
Greek Culture |
1. Questions for next class:
Work with your partner to find similar stories in Chinese history resemble the declining of the Minoan Culture? |
Lecture 6 |
Roman Culture |
1. Questions for next class:
Compare the similarities and differences between the Greek Culture and the Roman Culture in the following aspects:
1）social system
2）religion
3）language |
Lecture7 |
Greco-Roman Mythology |
1. Questions for next class:
Discussion: The Significance of Greco-Roman Myth to the ancient Greeks and the later generations. |
Lecture 8 |
Religious Culture of Continental Europe (1) |
1. Questions for next class:
What are the three important branches in Christianity?
2. Questions for After-class Self-study on the Internet
What are the similarities and differences of Christianity and Judaism? |
Lecture 9 |
Religious Culture of Continental Europe (2)
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1. Questions for After-class Self-study on the Internet
What are the differences between the theories of Martin Luther and John Calvin? |
Lecture 10 |
Cultural Philosophy of Continental Europe (1) |
1. Questions for next class:
Work with your partner to find out the social background for the emergence of the four major schools of philosophy. |
Lecture 11 |
Cultural Philosophy of Continental Europe (2) |
1. Questions for next class:
Compare the major differences between scholasticism and humanism in education, philosophy of life and religion. |
Lecture 12 |
Literature and Arts of Continental Europe (1) |
1. Questions for After-class Self-study on the Internet
Watch the movie clips about Greek architecture and try to tell their different features.
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzcwNzYyMDA=.html |
Lecture 13 |
Literature and Arts of Continental Europe (2) |
1. Questions for After-class Self-study on the Internet
Watch the movie clips of Don Quixote and find out how humanism is represented in the novel.
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODU4MDAwOTY=.html |
Lecture 14 |
Literature and Arts of Continental Europe (3) |
1. Questions for After-class Self-study on the Internet
Watch the movie clip about the French Enlightenment and summarize the major features of it
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDg5MzU3MTY=.html |
Lecture 15 |
Literature and Arts of Continental Europe (4) |
1. Questions for next class:
Discussion: Why The Sorrows of Young Werther exerted such a great influence on its contemporary readers? |
Lecture 16 |
Introduction to Commercial Culture |
1. Questions for next class:
How do you think businesses have changed our world ?
What are some problems brought by big businesses?
2. Questions for After-class Self-study on the Internet
Watch the online video speech by George Soros on Road to the Future
http://www.ftchinese.com/video/547
http://www.ftchinese.com/video/548
http://www.ftchinese.com/video/549
What kind of impact does the financial crisis on the market and society?
How is Chinese market differ from American and other markets?
3. Online Resources for Further Self-studies (videos, Euro-American databank, online links etc)
http://www.cyborlink.com/besite/resource.htm
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Lecture 17 |
Commercial Culture of Continental Europe |
1. Questions for next class:
In what ways are French business culture differ from German’s ?
If you are going to conduct business with French, how would you deal with those differences?
2. Questions for After-class Self-study on the Internet
http://www.ftchinese.com/video/539 Berlin wall
http://www.ftchinese.com/video/563 Euro Star CEO about climate change
How has Germany changed after the fall of Berlin wall?
How does the CEO of Euro Star think about climate change?
3. Online Resources for Further Self-studies (videos, Euro-American databank, online links etc)
http://www.cyborlink.com/besite/resource.htm
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