FF:MEDRE06 Literary Text Interpret. II - Course Information

MEDRE06 Interpretation of a Literary Text II

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Petros Marazopoulos, PhD (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Petros Marazopoulos, PhD
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites

Ability to understand Modern Greek literary texts.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

Topics of the seminar change every semester. Modern Greek literary texts are interpreted in the seminar with special attention to their specificity, contextualization within Greek and European literature, influence over later authors.. In the course of the seminar, students learn the principles of literary work with text.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the seminar students are capable:
- of characterising the given period and its authors;
- of interpreting a literary work independently;
- of contextualizing it within the period.

Syllabus

• 1) Characteristics of a period and literary context;
• 2) Principles of literary movements, generations etc.;
• 3) Characteristic of authors and their works;
• 4) Methods of interpreting a literary work
• 5) Interpretation of a literary text
• The course will focus literary depictions of the Other in Modern Greek literary texts of the 19th and the 20th century
• Lesson 1-3 Introduction: The 'Other' in literary theory. Comparative Literature, Stereotypes, Prejudice - The Image of the Turk in Greek Literature. Lesson 4-5 Images of the Balkans during the Balkan Wars
• . Lesson 5-7 The German conqueror in Greek literary production
• Lesson 8-10 Aspects of communist regimes in the literary work of Greek writers. The literature of political refugees
• Lesson 11-12 The economic migrant in Greece in the 1990s
• Lesson 13-14 The image of Europe during the period of the economic crisis - Summary of the semester

Literature

• TZIOVAS, Dīmītrīs. O allos eautos : tautotéta kai koinonia sté neoelléniké pezografia. Edited by Anna Rosenberg - Ourania Iordanidou. Athéna: Polis, 2007, 566 s. ISBN 9789604351305. info
• TZIOVAS, Dīmītrīs. Meta tin aisthitiki : theoritikes dokimes kai ermineutikes anagnoseis tis neoellinikis logotechnias. 2i ekdosi. Athina: Odysseas, 2003, 384 s. ISBN 9602104228. info
• TONNET, Henri. Istoria tou ellinikou mythistorimatos. Edited by G. F. Galanis, Translated by Marina Karamanou. Athina: Ekdoseis Pataki, 1999, 325 s. ISBN 9603789941. info
• VITTI, Mario. Istoria tis neoellinikis logotechnias. 3i ekdosi. Athina: Odysseas, 1994, 526 s. ISBN 9602101180. info

Teaching methods

The course has a form of a seminar. The seminar will focus on interpretation of chosen literary works. Students will, on the basis of acquired experience and use of secondary literature, interpret literary works. Students will write an essay on a given topic. E-learning courses: https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf3/.

Assessment methods

Prerequisites for obtaining credits for the seminar are attendance and work in seminar, homework, an essay and an examination.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět je povinný pro studenty jednooborového studia nebo pro studenty dvouoborového studia zaměřené na novořečtinu (modul pro pokročilé).

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