REMgrA06 Greek Literature of the 15th - 18th Century

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Kulhánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Kulhánková, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 12:00–13:40 A24
Prerequisites
Advanced Modern Greek - reading and listening to a lecture in Greek
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
The course deals with main phenomena of the development of Greek literature from the 16th to the 18th centuries, during the period of Turkish rule. Lectures will be supplemented by readings from Greek literature.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to understand main phenomena of the development of Modern Greek literature in the given period, main tendencies of literary development and to classify authors and works into literary context and characterise them.
Syllabus
  • Introduction, evaluation. Byzantine beginnings of modern literature.
  • Three centres of Greek literature and culture after the fall of Byzantium: diaspora, islands, Ottoman empire.
  • Early Cretan literature. Reading: Stefanos Sachlikis.
  • The genre of katabasis in Byzantium and in Crete. Reading: Apokopos.
  • Pastoral poetry and drama. Reading: Voskopula.
  • Comedy, interludes. Reading: Fortunatos.
  • Tragedy. Reading: Erofili.
  • Religious drama. Reading: Thysia tu Avraam.
  • Erotokritos.
  • The Greek enlightenment.
  • Folk song. Reading: Akritika.
Literature
  • Literature and society in Renaissance Crete. Edited by David Holton. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, ix, 339. ISBN 9780521028516. info
  • MASTRODIMITRIS, P.D. Isagoji sti neoelliniki filolojia. Athina, 1990. info
  • DIMARAS, Konstantinos Th. Neoellinikos diafotismos. Athina, 1983. info
  • BORECKÝ, B. and R. DOSTÁLOVÁ. Slovník spisovatelů Řecko. 1975. info
  • POLITIS, A. Istoria tis neas ellinikis logotechnias. 1968. info
  • DIMARAS, K.Th. Istoria tis neoellinikis logotechnias (Histoire de la littérature néohellénique, 1965). 1968. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading extracts of original texts and secondary bigliography.
Assessment methods
Oral examination, evaluation of the essay.
Language of instruction
Greek, Modern (1453- )
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2015, Spring 2018.
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