Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | ANALYSIS OF GREEK LITERATURE | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | GRK113 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 4 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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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). | ||||||||
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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. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | Greek | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |