MED11 Greek Literature of the Middle Ages and Modern Period

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Kulhánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 17. 9. to Wed 24. 10. Thu 18:00–19:40 A21, Fri 26. 10. to Fri 14. 12. Thu 18:00–19:40 A21; and Thu 25. 10. 18:00–19:40 B2.44
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
A series of seminars devoted to imporatant authors, literary works, eventually genres. The attention is devoted to the most influential authors, imporatnt from the viewpoint of world literature. We will focus on authors whose works include reception of ancient literature and various types of mimesis, who occupy an imporatnt place in the canon of world literature or are otherwise significant in the international dimension. For some authors and themes, attention will also be paid to the reception of their work in later culture and other artistic genres.
Learning outcomes
Students will become familiar with the basic turning points in the development of Greek literature from the Byzantine period until today. Students will get to know certain works of Byzantine and Modern Greek literature through reading of chosen literary extracts (translation into Czech or a world language). Students will be capable of independent work with basic scholarly handbooks of Byzantology and Modern Greek studies and of searching for other information concerning these fields.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Athanasius, Life of St. Antony.
  • 3. Procopius.
  • 4. Hymnography.
  • 5. Digenis Akritis.
  • 6. Cretan Renaissance.
  • 7. Dionysios Solomos.
  • 8. Emmanuil Roidis.
  • 9. Konstantinos Kavafis.
  • 11.Byzantium in the modern literature.
  • 12. Greek Literature in Comics (invited lecture).
Literature
  • Byzantium (Variant.) : The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium. Vol. 1 : The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium. Vol. 2 : The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium. Vol. 3. info
  • HRADEČNÝ, Pavel, Růžena DOSTÁLOVÁ, Věra HROCHOVÁ, Pavel OLIVA, Konstantinos TSIVOS and Vladimír VAVŘÍNEK. Dějiny Řecka. Vydání třetí. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2015, 785 stran. ISBN 9788074224560. info
  • BORECKÝ, Bořivoj and Růžena DOSTÁLOVÁ. Slovník řeckých spisovatelů. Druhé, přepracované a dop. Praha: LEDA, 2006, 663 stran. ISBN 8073350661. info
  • DOSTÁLOVÁ, Růžena. Byzantská vzdělanost. Vyd. 2. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003, 413 s. ISBN 8070214090. info
  • Modern Greek writing : an anthology in English translation. Edited by David Ricks. First published. London: Peter Owen Publishers, 2003, 487 stran. ISBN 0720610869. info
  • BEATON, Roderick. An introduction to modern Greek literature. 2. ed., rev. and expanded. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999, xiv, 420. ISBN 0198159749. info
  • AVENARIUS, Alexander, Růžena DOSTÁLOVÁ, Vladimír FIALA, Věra HROCHOVÁ, Milan LOOS, Oldřich TŮMA and Vladimír VAVŘÍNEK. Dějiny Byzance. Edited by Bohumila Zástěrová. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 529 stran. ISBN 8020004548. info
  • TRYPANIS, C. A. Greek poetry : from Homer to Seferis. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1981, 896 stran. ISBN 0226813169. info
  • Modern Greek writers : Solomos, Calvos, Matesis, Palamas, Cavafy, Kazantzakis, Seferis, Elytis. Edited by Edmund Keeley - Peter Bien. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1972, 261 stran. ISBN 9780691619712. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading, discussion.
Assessment methods
1. Written test (only students of the Mediterranean Studies). 2. Submission of a paper (at least 6000 characters). Deadline for submission: 6. 1. 2019
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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