西方文化读本（第二版） / 高等学校本科英语教改新教材
作者： 南宫梅芳、訾缨等
出版时间：2015年10月
出版社：北京大学出版社
- 北京大学出版社
- 9787301254851
- 2版
- 125691
- 0041169845-9
- 平装
- 16开
- 2015年10月
- 430
- 224
- 文学
- 外国语言文学
- K500.3
- 常用外国语
- 本科
全书分为八个单元，建议授课学时为30学时左右，一学期完成。每单元三篇阅读文章。语篇长度、难度适中，生词文化背景知识的注释按照音序排列，方便学习和查找。每篇文章后均有长难句注释。
本教材读者群广泛，主要读者对象为大专院校非英语专业本科生和研究生，也可供英语专业本科生和其他英语爱好者使用。
Unit 1 Ancient Greek Culture and Wisdom
Section A Greek Mythology
Section B City-States: Athens and Sparta
Section C Socrates
Unit 2 Roman Empire and Latin Culture
Section A History of Roman Empire
Section B All Roads Lead to Rome
Section C Cleopatra, the Egyptian Queen and Her Love Affairs
Unit 3 The Bible and Its History
Section A History of the Bible
Section B The Christmas Story of the Birth of Jesus
Section C Genesis
Unit 4 The Middle Ages and the Rise of Modern Europe
Section A The Middle Ages
Section B The Rise of the States
Section C The Rise of Universities in the Middle Ages
Unit 5 Renaissance and Church Reformation
Section A Renaissance
Section B The Reformation
Section C Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Unit 6 Enlightenment and the Origin of Modern Science
Section A The Age of Enlightenment
Section B On the Shoulders of Giants: Isaac Newton and Modern Science
Section C Francis Bacon: Fame and Disgrace
Unit 7 Romanticism and Realism
Section A Romanticism in Europe
Section B Romanticism in America
Section C Realism in Europe
Unit 8 Modernism and Contemporary Western Culture
Section A Modernism and Modernist Movement
Section B The Distinct Character of Contemporary American Culture
Section C How Contemporary American Society Tramples on Principles of Integrity
Glossary
