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Course Unit Title	ANALYSIS OF GREEK LITERATURE
Course Unit Code	GRK113
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated	4
Learning Outcomes of the course unit	By the end of the course, the students should be able to: Present the most important historical data of the period (19th-20th century), including literary movements and their characteristics. State representative authors and texts of the period and their characteristics. Explain the main historical and theoretical issues of Modern Greek literature of the period. Explain the main methods and concepts in literary analysis. Select and use effective approaches and analytical notions for the description and interpretation of Modern Greek poetry and prose of the period, having as starting point the historical knowledge and the theoretical background acquired.
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Prerequisites	NONE	Co-requisites	NONE
Recommended optional program components	NONE
Course Contents	1. Introduction to basic concepts in literary analysis: thematic analysis; analysis of figural language; analysis of narrative economy; the concept of literary genre. 2. 19th century poetry. The romantic schism concerning Demotiki and Katharevousa. Romantic lyric, marvellous in poetry, narrative elements and satire. 3. 1880-1930 poetry and prose. Symbolist and post- symbolist poetry. Irony, history and politics in poetry. Realism and naturalism in Greek fiction. The transition from short story to novel. 4. Modernist expressions in poetry and prose after the 30’s. Free verse, surrealist image, everyday language in poetry, fragmentation of the poetic universe. Interior monologue, urban landscape and the development of novelistic fiction. Post-war developments in poetry and prose. 5. Current trends in children’s literature (intertextuality, metafiction, narrative experimentation, thematic renewal).
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks	Πολίτης, Λίνος. (1978) Ιστορία της νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας. Αθήνα: Ίκαρος. Οικονομίδου, Σούλα. (2000) Χίλιες και μία ανατροπές. Η νεοτερικότητα στη λογοτεχνία για μικρές ηλικίες. Αθήνα: Ελληνικά Γράμματα.
References	Culler, Jonathan, (1998). Λογοτεχνική θεωρία. Μια συνοπτική εισαγωγή. μτφρ. Κ. Διαμαντάκου. Ηράκλειο: Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods	All lessons are organised in two parts. The first part has the form of a lecture, and is mostly theoretical, and the second has an applied format, with the students working with textual analysis related to the theoretical part of the lesson. The students have access to the computer presentations used for the lectures, as well as the literary texts discussed, through e-learning.
Assessment methods and criteria	Assignments 20% Tests 40% Final Exam 40%
Language of instruction	Greek
Work placement(s)	NO