REBc20 Greek Culture II

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Konstantinos Tsivos, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Nicole Votavová Sumelidisová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Konstantinos Tsivos, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:40 A22, except Tue 14. 11.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
REBc06 Modern Greek Grammar IV
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is taught in Modern Greek. The aim of the course is to present specific aspects of modern greek culture.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be familiar with chosen areas of Modern Greek life and customs.
Syllabus
  • Topics
  • A survey of Greek-Czech relations from the Middle Ages up to the present days
  • Greece in depression, the stereotyps of the Czech mass media
  • Greek political sysem.
  • Greeks and the Orthodox church.
  • Greek cinema
  • Greek mass media
Literature
  • Doxiadis, Aristos. To aorato rigma Athény: Ikaros, 2013
  • Voulgaris, Jannis. I metapolitevtiki Ellada 1974–2009 Athény: Polis, 2013
  • Roderick, Beaton. Biography of a Modern Nation London: Penguin Random House, 2019
  • Kostis, Kostas. Ta kakomathimena pedia tis Istorias – I diamorfosi tu neoelliniku kratus 18os – 21os eonas Athény: Patakis, 2015
  • Kalyvas, Stathis. Greece: What Everyone Needs to Know New York: Oxford University Press, 2015
  • Ilona, Švihlíková - Konstantinos, Tsivos. Řecká tragédie. Praha: Novela Bohemica, 2017
  • Pappas, Takis. Populism and Crisis Politics in Greece Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
Teaching methods
The course has a form of a seminar. The course is supplemented by reading.
Assessment methods
An oral exam and an oral or written epresentation.
Language of instruction
Greek, Modern (1453- )
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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