114 年 國立成功大學外文研究所甲組《英文閱讀與評析》
第 1 題
編號: 14
系所: 外國語文學系
科目: 英文閱讀與評析
日期: 0210
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本試題為國立成功大學外國語文學系 114 學年度碩士班招生考試科目「英文閱讀與評析」的考試說明頁。內容包含考科編號、系所、科目名稱、考試日期、節次、以及兩點注意事項。
第 Problem 1 題100 分
Read the poem "Ulysses" by Alfred Lord Tennyson and write an analytical essay of approximately 800 words. Be sure to develop a clear, argumentative thesis and to use specific examples from the text. (100%)
Ulysses
It little profits that an idle king,
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
I cannot rest from travel: I will drink
Life to the lees: All times I have enjoy'd
Greatly, have suffer'd greatly, both with those
That loved me, and alone, on shore, and when
Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades.
Vext the dim sea: I am become a name;
For always roaming with a hungry heart
Much have I seen and known; cities of men
And manners, climates, councils, governments,
Myself not least, but honour'd of them all;
And drunk delight of battle with my peers,
Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy.
I am a part of all that I have met;
Yet all experience is an arch wherethro'
Gleams that untravell'd world whose margin fades
For ever and forever when I move.
How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use!
As tho' to breathe were life! Life piled on life
Were all too little, and of one to me
Little remains: but every hour is saved
From that eternal silence, something more,
A bringer of new things; and vile it were
For some three suns to store and hoard myself,
And this gray spirit yearning in desire
To follow knowledge like a sinking star,
Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
This is my son, mine own Telemachus,
To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle, -
Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil
This labour, by slow prudence to make mild
A rugged people, and thro' soft degrees
Subdue them to the useful and the good.
Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere
Of common duties, decent not to fail
In offices of tenderness, and pay
Meet adoration to my household gods,
When I am gone. He works his work, I mine.
There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail:
There gloom the dark, broad seas. My mariners,
Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me-
That ever with a frolic welcome took
The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed
Free hearts, free foreheads-you and I are old;
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
'T is not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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這是一道要求撰寫分析性論文的題目，要求考生閱讀 Alfred Lord Tennyson 的詩作 "Ulysses"，並就該詩作寫一篇約 800 字的分析性論文。論文必須提出一個清晰、具論證性的主旨 (thesis)，並引用文本中的具體例子來支持論點。
核心概念：
本題旨在評量考生對文學文本（詩歌）的理解、分析能力，以及運用文本證據進行學術寫作的能力。考生需要深入探討詩歌的主題、象徵、人物塑造、語言特色，並能清晰地表達個人見解。
解題方向與建議：
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理解詩歌內容與背景：
- Ulysses 的形象：詩中的 Ulysses 是一位年邁的國王，他對現狀感到厭倦，渴望繼續探索和冒險。這與傳統史詩中英雄的形象有所不同，更強調內在的精神追求。
- 對比：詩歌中有明顯的對比，例如：
- 現狀 (idle king, aged wife, barren crags) vs. 過往 (drinking delight of battle, cities of men, honoured of them all)。
- Telemachus 的責任 (common duties, tenderness, household gods) vs. Ulysses 的追求 (seek a newer world, beyond the utmost bound of human thought)。
- 肉體衰老 (old age, weak by time and fate) vs. 精神不滅 (yearning in desire, strong in will)。
- 象徵：
- 「travel」、「roaming」：象徵探索、學習、生命的活力。
- 「barren crags」、「dim sea」：可能象徵生活的艱辛、未知的挑戰。
- 「sunset」、「western stars」：象徵生命的終點，但也是新的探索目標。
- 「Achilles」：代表過去的英雄時代，象徵著不朽的榮耀，即使是死亡也無法阻擋偉大靈魂的記憶。
- Telemachus 的角色：Ulysses 將王位和島嶼交給 Telemachus，表現了對兒子的信任，也凸顯了 Telemachus 與父親不同的價值觀和人生目標。Telemachus 適合管理國家、照顧人民，而 Ulysses 則無法安於現狀。
- 「Strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield」：這是詩歌結尾最著名的詩句，總結了 Ulysses 的精神，強調了追求、探索和永不放棄的意志。
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構思論文主旨 (Thesis Statement)：
- 主旨應該是整篇論文的核心論點，清晰、具體且可被證明的。例如：
- "Tennyson's 'Ulysses' portrays a timeless human yearning for knowledge and experience that transcends the limitations of age and domesticity, arguing that true fulfillment lies not in passive existence but in relentless pursuit and exploration." （Tennyson 的《Ulysses》描繪了一種永恆的人類對知識和經驗的渴望，這種渴望超越了年齡和家庭生活的限制，認為真正的滿足不在於被動的存在，而在於不懈的追求和探索。）
- 主旨應該是整篇論文的核心論點，清晰、具體且可被證明的。例如：