FF:REMgrA06 Greek Literature (15-18 Cent.) - Course Information

REMgrA06 Greek Literature of the 15th - 18th Century

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Kulhánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

each even Thursday 15:50–19:05 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.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Modern Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI)
• Modern Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
• Modern Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• Modern Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Modern Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS3)

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. 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

• 1. 10. Origins of the Modern Greek Literature in Byzantium, the situation after the Fall of Constantinople (diaspora, Greek islands, Ottoman empire)
• 15. 10. Early Cretan Literature + reading: Stefanos Sachlikis
• 29. 10. Visiting lecturer: Lilia Diamantopoulou (Vienna) - Cretan literature (in Modern Greek)
• 12. 11. Cretan literature (final remarks) + reading: Erotokritos, Erofili
• 26. 11. Visiting lecturer: Ioannis Zelepos (Munich) - Greek Enlightenment (in Modern Greek)
• 10. 12. Greek Enlightenment - continuation + folk song

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
• VITTI, M. Storia della letteratura neogreca. 1971. 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, writing an essay.

Assessment methods

Oral examination, evaluation of the essay.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.

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