Course Details

1. Outline the most important texts of the most important modern Cypriot writers.
2. Analyze in depth the main texts of the most important modern Cypriot writers.
3. Justify the importance of the translation of literature and its role in the dissemination of works abroad.
4. Describe the main currents and historical Cypriot writers.
5. Compare the use of language in texts written in standard modern Greek and the Cypriot language variety.

An in depth investigation into the main trends that lead to the formation of Cypriot contemporary literature.

• Minutes of Second Symposium of Cypriot Literature Translators, Cultural Services, Ministry of Education and Culture, Nicosia, November 2001.
• An Anthology of Contemporary Cypriot Novel, Volumes A and B Cultural Services, Ministry of Education and Culture, Nicosia, 2007.
• Αnthology of Contemporary Cypriot Poetry, Athens, Stochastis Publications,1985.

• Papaleontiou, L.(2001), Cypriot Literary Magazines in the years of British Occupation, Nicosia: Centre of Scientific Studies.
• Ioannides, Kl. (1986), History of Modern Cypriot Literature, Nicosia: Centre of Scientific Studies.

Students are taught by means of face to face lectures, lecture notes prepared by the instructor are available in print and electronically, combined with a rich list of recommended bibliography apart from the use of the main textbooks. Internet sources as well as audiovisual material is also used.