学术英语论文古希腊神话女神Introduction部分

Because of its rich and strange imagination, Ancient Greek mythology has become the source of Western literature. Many Western literatures have learned nutrition from it. As a very important part of the Greek myth, those vivid female figures have do a lot to Western Literary works. Several initial studies insist that there is no doubt that the Ancient Greek mythology is the source of female figures in Western Literary works. At the same time, it is generally recognized that the transition of Greek goodness has great influence on female roles in western literary works. According to the results of present study, those goodness can be categorized into the following three different types: the historical symbol, Helen; “the familial angel”, Parnearopa; “the shrew”, Medea. And it can be also found that how the figure in Ancient Greek mythology influent female roles in Western Literary works. But the specific and comprehensive relationship between them hasn’t been studied deeply. This review will firstly analyze those female images’characteristics in Greek mythology and Western Literary works respectively. Further, it will compare those figures and try to find the differences and connections. More important, in the end of this paper, it will draw a conclusion of the influence of female goodness in Ancient Greek mythology on Western Literary works.