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Course Unit TitleMODERN GREEK LITERATURE
Course Unit CodeAEGL111
Course Unit DetailsBA Audio Visual Communication (General Electives) - Dip Graphic Design (General Electives) -
Number of ECTS credits allocated2
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Use theory as an interpretive/critical framework from which to think about and evaluate literary works.
  2. Trace historically Modern Greek literary thought through its main representatives and schools of thought.
  3. Approach literary works “critically” by taking into consideration the historical/sociological/political and philosophical influences that brought them into existence.
  4. Place Modern Greek Literature within a global context and examine its contributions and influences from that point of view.
  5. Understand the Modern Greek characteristics and the originality of Greek-Cypriot literature.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course ContentsI. The emergence of modern Greek literature (11th-15th century)
Actiric songs
Romances
II. Cretan literature (15th-17th centuries)
Georgios Chortatsis
Vitsentzos Kornaros
III. Enlightenment era (17th century - 1821)
Phanariots
Rigas Feraios
IV. 19th century literature (1821-1880)
Heptanese School of Literature
Folklore
First Athenian School
V. Late 19th - Early 20th century literature (1880 - 1930)
Emmanuel Roidis, Georgios Vizyinos
1880s Generation or New Athenian School
Constantine P. Cavafy
Nikos Kazantzakis
K. Varnalis, A. Sikelianos
VI 20th century literature
1930s Generation (Γενιά του '30)
The Surrealists (Late 1930s - )
Postwar literature (1944 - 1974)
Contemporary literature (1974 - )
VI Modern Greek-Cypriot literature
Dimitris Lipertis
Vasilis Michailidis
Kostas Montis
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Course notes
References
  • Vitti Mario, History of Modern Greek Literature, Odiseas editions, 2003.
  • Panagiotounis Panos. History of Cypriot Literature, Institute for the Promotion of Greek Books, 1981
  • Beaton Roderick, An Introduction to Modern Greek Literature, Oxford University Press, 1999
  • Kechagioglou George. Contemporary Cypriot literature and the ‘frame’ of Modern Greek literature. Journal of Mediterranean Studies 2/2 (1992): 240-255.
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsLectures, discussions, assignments
Assessment methods and criteria
Mid-tem exam40%
Final Exam60%
Language of instructionEnglish
Work placement(s)NO

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