Department of Philology

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOLOGY

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES - ACADEMIC YEAR 2012-2013

FALLSEMESTER

DIVISION OF CLASSICAL STUDIES

Course title: Greek Reading and Prose Class (Part I)
Name of lecturer: A. Kavoulaki, D. Spatharas, M. Tamiolaki
Course code: AEFF 010 / Type of course: Exercise / Level of course: Introductory
Year of study: 1st, 2nd / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 4
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences): The course aims a) at extending the students' knowledge of the morphology and syntax of the Ancient Greek language (Attic dialect), b) at improving their reading skills and their skills in translation, and c) at developing their skill in Greek prose composition.
Prerequisites: None
Course contents:
Course contents: Reading and translation of ancient Greek prose texts; analysis of grammatical and syntactical structures; particular focus on and thorough practice in the following phenomena: a. the use of cases, and in particular genitive, dative and accusative; b. the use of moods in independent sentences; c. the use of tenses (of and outside of the indicative); d. the infinitive; e. the participle. Throughout the course particular emphasis will be also placed upon issues of accentuation, vowel and consonant change and declension of nouns and verbs.
Recommended reading:
D. A. RUSSEL, An Anthology of Greek Prose, Oxford 1991;
L. R. PALMER, The Greek Language, London 1980.
E. SCHWYZER, Griechische Grammatik I-IV, München 1939-71.
[I: Lautlehre, II: Syntax und syntaktische Stilistik (συμπλ. εκδ. A. DEBRUNNER), III: Register, IV: Stellenregister].
H.W. SMYTH, Greek Grammar (revised by G.M. MESSING), Cambridge Mass. 1956.
I. STAMATAKOS, A Historical Grammar of Ancient Greek (in Greek, Iστορική Γραμματική της Aρχαίας Eλληνικής), Athens 1949.
Teaching methods: Expository teaching and questioning; discourse; ad hoc exercises; written assignments.
Assessment methods: Written examination
Language of instruction: Greek
Course title: Introduction to Classical Philology
Name of lecturer:Lucia Athanassaki
Course code:AEFF 100 / Type of course: Lecture / Level of course: Introductory
Year of study: 1,2 / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 6
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
Familiarization with the literary genres and the ancillary disciplines of Classical Philology
Prerequisites: None
Course contents:
Introduction to the Ancient world focusing on Ancient Greek Literature and the ancillary disciplines of Classical Philology
Recommended reading:
G. Nesselrath, ΕισαγωγήστηνΑρχαιογνωσία
Teaching methods: Lecture encouraging dialogue
Assessment methods: A final written exam
Language of instruction: Greek
Course title: Hesiod: Works and Days
Name of lecturer: A. Kavoulaki
Course code: AEFF 104 / Type of course: Lecture / Level of course: Intermediate
Year of study: 2, 3, 4 / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 4
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
Familiarization of students with the language, structures and themes of the Hesiodic Works and Days. Understanding of the wider cultural context of traditional epic didactic poetry
Prerequisites: None
Course contents:
This is a text-based subject. The primary aim is to read and discuss Hesiod’s Works and Days from many different angles (language, style, compositional techniques etc.), as well as to highlight the wider context of Archaic epic poetry and of wisdom literature.
Recommended reading:
M. L. West, Hesiod: Works and Days, Oxford 1978,
J. Strauss Clay, Hesiod’s cosmos, Cambridge 2003,
R. Lamberton, Hσίοδος: ο Ποιητής και το Έργο του, Aθήνα 2005,
N.Π. Mπεζαντάκος, X. Tσαγγάλης (επιμ.), Mουσάων αρχόμεθα: ο Hσίοδος και η αρχαϊκή επική ποίηση, Aθήνα 2006.
Teaching methods: Lecturing; questioning; discourse; audio-visual aids.
Assessment methods: Written examination
Language of instruction: Modern Greek
Course title: The dithyrambs of Pindar and Bacchylides
Name of lecturer:Lucia Athanassaki
Course code:AEFF 117 / Type of course: Lecture / Level of course: Intermediate
Year of study: all / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 4
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
Familiarization with the language, the genre, the ritual and performance context
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
In depth linguistic analysis and interpretation of the following dithyrambs
Pindar, frs. 70 b and 74a
Bacchylides Odes 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19
Recommended reading:
Λ. Αθανασάκη, ἀείδετοπὰντέμενος. Οι χορικές παραστάσεις και το κοινό τους στην αρχαϊκή και πρώϊμη κλασική περίοδο, Ηράκλειο: ΠΕΚ 2009
David Fearn, Bacchylides: Politics, Performance, Poetic Tradition, Oxford: OUP Monographs 2007
Ι. Περυσινάκης, Λυρική Ποίηση, Αθήνα: Παπαδήμας 2012
M. J. H. van der Weiden, The Dithyrambs of Pindar: introduction, text and commentary. Amsterdam: Gieben, 1991
Teaching methods: Lecture and dialogue
Assessment methods: One final written exam
Language of instruction: Greek
Course title: Aristophanes, Wasps
Name of lecturer: Kostas Apostolakis
Course code:AEFF 170 / Type of course: Lecture / Level of course: Indermediate
Year of study: all / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 4
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
This course is intended, on the one hand, to familiarize the students with the Aristophanic comedy through the study of its more essential features (structure, characters, Chorus and types of humor) and, on the other, to treat basic themes and motifs of this particular comedy (e.g. the parody of a trial and the reversal of father-son relations).
Prerequisites: None
Course contents:
Wasps present the formal structure and, without exception, all the traditional parts of Old Comedy and, in this respect, exemplify it at its best. The main points of Aristophanic satire are current politics, the Athenian litigiousness and the generation gap.The entire comedy will be taught, with emphasis on selected structural parts (prologue, agon, parabasis). We will also discuss the most important meters occuring in Wasps,and translation problems.
Recommended reading:
1. MacDowell, D.M. Aristophanes Wasps. Edited with Introduction and Commentary.Oxford1971.
2. Sommerstein, A. The Comedies of Aristophanes.Vol.4. Wasps.Edited with translation and notes. Warminster 1983.
3. Henderson, J. Aristophanes, II.Wasps,Cambridge 2000(Loeb).
4.Γ.Δ.Κατσής, Θάλεια. Αριστοφάνης.Δεκαπέντε Μελετήματα. Αθήνα 2007 (Σμίλη).
5. Θ. Παππάς, Α. Μαρκαντωνάτος (επιμ.). Αττική Κωμωδία. Πρόσωπα και Προσεγγίσεις. Αθήνα 2011 (Gutenberg).
Teaching methods: Lecture and discussion with the students
Assessment methods: Written examination
Language of instruction: Greek
Coursetitle: Isocrates, On the antidosis
Nameoflecturer: Dimos Spatharas
Course code:AEFF 255 / Type of course: Lecture / Level of course: Intermediate
Year of study: all / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 4
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
Familiarize students with:
(a) the literary aspects of Attic oratory.
(b) rhetorical means of persuasion
(c) the style and language of Isocrates.
(d) the political and social milieu of 4th century Athens.
Prerequisites:None
Course contents:
Textual, stylistic and literary interpretation of the speech.
Recommendedreading:
Kennedy, G. Ιστορία της κλασικής ρητορικής (Αθήνα, 52004)
Ober, J. Political Dissent in Democratic Athens: Intellectual Critics and Popular Rule (Princeton, 2001)
______Μάζες και ελίτ στην δημοκρατική Αθήνα (Αθήνα, 2003)
Σπαθάρας, Δ. –Τζαλλήλα, Λ. Πειθώ:Δεκατρία μελετήματα για την Ρητορική (Αθήνα, 2003)
Teaching methods: Lecture
Assessment methods: Written examination.
Language of instruction: Greek
Course title: Xenophon, Cyropaedia
Name of lecturer: Melina Tamiolaki
Course code: ΑΕFF 330 / Type of course: Seminar / Level of course: Advanced
Year of study: 3rd, 4th / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 10
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
Students are expected to set a research question about this text of Xenophon and explore it.
Prerequisites: AEFF 100 and AEFF 010 or 020
Course contents:
Xenophon’s political thought, as it is presented in the Cyropaedia and in combination with his other works. Emphasis will be placed on the topic of the ideal leader.
Recommended reading: see the updated bibliography in the site (online commentary prepared by the CHS, WashingtonD.C.)
Teaching methods: Presentation of the basic research questions concerning the Cyropaedia, assignment and presentation of essays.
Assessment methods: Students will be evaluated on the basis of the quality of their research essay.
Language of instruction: Modern Greek
Course title: Latin Reading and Prose Class I
Name of lecturer:Apostolakis
Course code: LAFF 010 / Type of course: Exercise / Level of course: Introductory
Year of study: 1,2 / Semester:Fall / Number of credits: 4
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
The course aims a) at extending the students’ knowledge of the morphology and syntax of the Latin language, b) at improving their reading skills, and c) at developing their skill in Latin composition.
Prerequisites: none
Course contents: Use of the cases, the infinitive, the participle, the supine, the gerund and the gerundive; tenses, moods, consecutio temporum. Latin prose composition. Selected Latin prose authors.
Recommended reading:
Θ. Κακριδής, Γραμματική της Λατινικής Γλώσσης, Αθήνα: Εστία, 1979
A. Ernout, F. Thomas, Συντακτικό της Λατινικής, Αθήνα: Παπαδήμας, 2012
Teaching methods: Exercises and lectures
Assessment methods: Participation in class and written exams
Language of instruction: Greek
Course title: Virgil, Aeneid
Name of lecturer: Michael Paschalis
Course code: LAFF 102 / Type of course: Lecture / Level of course: Intermediate
Year of study: all / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 4
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
Prerequisites:
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Course title: Tacitus, Annales (anthology)
Name of lecturer: Stelios Panayotakis
Course code: LAFF 181 / Type of course: Lecture / Level of course: Intermediate
Year of study: all / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 4
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
Familiarization of the students with the genre of Latin Historiography.
Αppreciation of Tacitus’ style, literary technique, and ideology in the tradition of Roman Imperial Historiography.
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
A comprehensive reading of selected passages from Tacitus’ Annals.
Recommended reading:
C.S. Kraus, A.J. Woodman, Latin Historians, Oxford 1997
R. Ash, Tacitus, Bristol 2006
J. Ginsburg, Tradition and Theme in the Annals of Tacitus, New York 1981
R.H. Martin, Tacitus, London 1994
A.J. Woodman (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Tacitus, Cambridge 2009
Teaching methods: Lectures, class participation and discussion
Assessment methods: Written exams
Language of instruction: Greek
Course title: Underworld Journeys in Latin Literature
Name of lecturer: Stelios Panayotakis
Course code: LAFF / Type of course: seminar / Level of course: advanced
Year of study: 3rd, 4th / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 10
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
Familiarization of the students with the literary theme of the underworld journey in ancient literature, with special emphasis in its use, typology and significance in Latin literature from Vergil to Apuleius. Acquisition of research skills and familiarization of the students with special research methodology.
Prerequisites: LAFF 100 and LAFF 010 or 020
Course contents: Analysis of selected passages from (among others) Vergil, Ovid, Seneca, and Apuleius
Recommended reading:
R.J. Clark, Catabasis: Vergil and the Wisdom Tradition, Amsterdam 1979
A. Dieterich, Nekyia: Beitrage zur Erklaerung der neuentdeckten Petrusapokalypse, Stuttgart 1913
R.G. Edmonds III, Myths of the Underworld Journey: Plato, Aristophanes, and the “Orphic” Gold Tablets, Cambridge 2004
R. Foss, Griechische Jenseitsvorstellungen von Homer bis Plato, Aachen 1997
E. Norden, P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneis Buch VI, Stuttgart 19273
Teaching methods: Basic introduction given by the instructor and student’s participation and presentation of selected topics.
Assessment methods: class participation, oral presentation and written essay.
Language of instruction: Greek

DIVISION OF BYZANTINE AND MODERN GREEK PHILOLOGY

Course title: Introduction to Byzantine Literature
Name of lecturer: Marina Detoraki
Course code: BYFF 100 / Type of course: Lecture / Level of course: Intermediate
Year of study: 1, 2 / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 4
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
The course objective is mainly to introduce students to main issues related to the study of Byzantine Literature, including research methods and basic manuals.
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
A selection of textsfrom the various genres of Byzantine literature. Important ideas of the Byzantine civilization, such as religiosity, oecumenicity, and imperial political ideology, and topics including the multiformcharacter and the evolution of the language will also be treated. Finally, the introduction to the history of byzantine studies, the main research tools, and the basic bibliography are among the course contents.
Recommendedreading:
1. H. Hunger, Βυζαντινήλογοτεχνία : ηλόγιακοσμικήγραμματείατωνΒυζαντινών, τ. Ι-ΙΙΙ, Αθήνα, ΜορφωτικόΊδρυμαΕθνικήςΤραπέζης, 1994
2. J. O. Rosenqvist, Η βυζαντινή λογοτεχνία από τον 6ο αιώνα ως την άλωση τηςΚωνσταντινούπολης, μτφρ. Ι. Βάσσης, Αθήνα: εκδ. Κανάκη, 2008
Teaching methods:Lecture
Assessment methods: Written examination
Language of instruction: Greek
Course title: Introduction to Cretan Literature
Name of lecturer: Stefanos Kaklamanis
Course code: NEFF 128 / Type of course: Lecture / Level of course: Intermediate
Year of study: all / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 4
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
Familiarization with the subject
Prerequisites:none
Course contents: An account of the main characteristics of the literary production in Crete from the mid-14th to the end of the 17th cent. Detailed study of extracts from the poems of Stefanos Sachlikis, Bergadis, Marinos Falieros, Antonios Achelis, Vitzenzos Kornaros, Georgios Chortatsis, etc.
Recommended reading:
Holton, Literature and Society in Renaiisance Crete;
Linos Politis, Poetic Anthology (vols. ii, iii, in Greek)
Teaching methods: Lectures
Assessment methods: written examination
Language of instruction: Greek
Coursetitle: Modern Greek and European Symbolist Poetry 1880-1930
Nameoflecturer:Yannis Dimitrakakis
Course code:NEFF 207 / 291 / Type of course: Lecture / Level of course: Intermediate
Year of study: all / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 4
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
Familiarization with the symbolist poetry and the method of close reading
Prerequisites: none
Course contents:
The purpose of the course is, on the one hand, to provide students with a general overview of the esthetics of the poetry of symbolism, and on the other, to read representative specimens of European and Modern Greek poetry of symbolism.
Recommended reading:
1. Grekou Agori, Pure Poetry in Greece. From Solomos to Seferis, 1833-1933, Athens 2000 (inModernGreek)
2. Chadwick Charles, Symbolism
Teaching methods: A series of lectures (and occasional discussions with students for elucidation of complex matters)
Assessment methods: Final written examination
Language of instruction: Modern Greek
Course title: Prose writing in the dark post-war years
Name of lecturer:Angela Kastrinaki
Course code: NEFF 250 / Type of course: Lecture / Level of course: Intermediate
Year of study: all / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 4
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
Familiarization of the students with some of the most important post-war prose texts.
Introduction to the historical and cultural context of the period.
Prerequisites:none
Coursecontents:
We will analyzeprose fiction in a chronological order, so that we may understand the themes that are important in the post-war period, such as violence or the rights and wrongs of the two opposite political parties. We will examine thoroughly the novel by G. Theotokas Ασθενείςκαιοδοιπόροι, which stands in the end of our period, and constitutes an important text for its philosophical and existential issues, as well as for the question of the relation between Greece and Germany, that is shown through a German-Greek love affair during the German Occupation.
Recommendedreading:
Δ. Ραυτόπουλος, Οι ιδέες και τα έργα
Ελισάβετ Κοτζιά, Ιδέες και αισθητική. Μεσοπολεμικοί και μεταπολεμικοί πεζογράφοι 1930-1974
Introductions to the Authors in the Anthology publ. by Sokolis
Teaching methods: Lecture
Assessment methods: written exams
Language of instruction: Greek
Course title: The formation of female identity in Greek fiction since 1930
Name of lecturer: Anastasia Natsina
Course code: NEFF 233 / Type of course: Lecture / Level of course: Intermediate
Year of study: All / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 4
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
The course aims to familiarize students with the Bildungsroman¸ particularly as it has been employed by women writers since 1930, in order to investigate the formation of female identity. By the end of this course, students will be able to identify and discuss the genre’s defining features as well as their mutations in different periods and ideological agendas; they will also be able to understand and communicate fundamental aspects offeministtheory and their bearing upon the reading of texts dealing with female identity. Furthermore, by studying novels of different periods, students will be able to describe, evaluate and communicate the different narrative techniques that prevail in the works of these periods. Lastly, students will develop their critical and analytical skills as regards the reading of longer works of fiction, such as novels.
Prerequisites: None
Coursecontents:
The course discusses the use of Bildungsroman by women writers since the 1930s, when their presence starts to become more prominent. These works investigate the formation of female identity and the social roles available to women in the sociopolitical framework of their times. Fundamental aspects of feminist theory will be brought to bear upon the reading of the following novels: Melpo Axioti’s Δύσκολεςνύχτες (1938), Margarita Lymberaki’s Ταψάθινακαπέλα(1946), Tatiana Gritsi-Milliex’s …καιιδούίπποςχλωρός(1963), while mention will be made to similar works. The course will also discuss in detail the different narrative techniques employed in these texts.
Recommendedreading:
Τάκης Καρβέλης, «Μέλπω Αξιώτη», στο Η μεσοπολεμική πεζογραφία, τ. Β΄ Αθήνα: Σοκόλης , 262-333
Σπύρος Κιοσσές, Το γυναικείο Bildungsroman στη νέα ελληνική λογοτεχνία: παραδειγματικές αφηγηματικές δομές διαμόρφωσης της μυθοπλαστικής ηρωίδας κατά την πρώτη μεταπολεμική περίοδο [Ανέκδοτη διδακτορική διατριβή], Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας 2008.
Γεωργία Φαρίνου-Μαλαματάρη, “Μαργαρίτα Λυμπεράκη” στο Μεταπολεμική Πεζογραφία από τον Πόλεμο του ‘40 ώς τη Δικτατορία του ‘67. τόμ. Ε'. Αθήνα: Σοκόλης 1988, σσ. 130-177.
Απόστολος Σαχίνης, «Το μυθιστόρημα της εφηβικής ηλικίας», στο Η σύγχρονη πεζογραφία μας, Αθήνα: Εστία 52000, σσ.11-49.
Γεωργία Φαρίνου-Μαλαματάρη, «Τατιάνα Γκρίτση-Μιλλιέξ», στο Μεταπολεμική Πεζογραφία από τον Πόλεμο του ‘40 ώς τη Δικτατορία του ‘67. τόμ. ΣΤ'. Αθήνα: Σοκόλης 1988, σσ. 8-55.
EfrosiniCamatsos, “DefiningtheFemale “I” inthePublicDomain: TheNarratorsofLilikaNakou’sΠαρα-στρατημένοι andMargaritaLiberaki’sΤα ψάθινα καπέλα”, JournalofModernGreekStudies, 23, (2005), 39-64.
Georgia Farinou-Malamatari,“The Novel of Adolescence Written by a Woman: Margarita Limberaki”, The Greek Novel: A.D. 1–1985, (ed. Roderick Beaton), Croom Helm, London, 1988, σσ. 103–109.
Franco Moretti, The Way of the World: The Bildungsroman in European Culture, London: Verso 1987.
Teaching methods: 13 3-hour lectures
Assessment methods: Written examination
Language of instruction: Greek
Course title: History and Poetry in Renaissance and Early Modern Greek Literature
Name of lecturer: Stefanos Kaklamanis
Course code: NEFF 323 / Type of course: Seminar / Level of course: Advanced
Year of study: 3rd, 4th / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 10
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
Familiarization of the students with the texts and with the use of research methods
Prerequisites: NEFF 100 and 1 NEFF course
Course contents:
Discussion of chronicles and rimades as literary texts
Recommended reading: see below
Teaching methods: during the first lessons a general introduction will be given by the teacher; the students will receive a specialized bibliography; each of the students presents a work of popular literature and writes an essy on it
Assessment methods: oral presentation and written paper
Language of instruction: Greek
Coursetitle: Poems on Poetry 1880-1980
Nameoflecturer: Anastasia Natsina
Coursecode: NEFF 346 / Typeofcourse: Seminar / Levelofcourse: Advanced
Year of study: 3rd-4th / Semester: Fall / Number of credits: 10
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
This seminar aims to familiarize students with the different ideas that prevailed in the period 1880-1980 regarding the function of poetry and the role of the poet, as they emerge in poems that take poetry as their topic. By the end of this seminar, students will be able to identify and describe these different ideas in a wide variety of works. Naturally, students are also expected to develop their skills in the close reading of poetry. Furthermore, upon completing this seminar, students will be able to organize and express their ideas on literary matters cogently and effectively, both orally and in writing. Finally, by asked to supervise and evaluate the oral presentation of a fellow student, students are expected to develop their critical and evaluative skills as regards the presentation and discussion of literary topics.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Modern Greek Philology (NEFF 100) and one lecture on Modern Greek literature.
Coursecontents:
The literary production of the generation of the 1880s is a signpost in the history of Modern Greek literature, which marks the passing of literature to the modern sensibility. This seminar examines the evolution of ideas regarding the function of poetry and the role of the poet during the hundred years following 1880, as they emerge in poems which take poetry as their topic. The seminar will explore relevant works of major and lesser known poets such as Palamas, Cavafy, Sikelianos, Karyotakis, Sarandaris, Seferis, Elytis, Engonopoulos, Anagnostakis, Sachtouris.
Recommended reading:
Ε. Καψωμένος, Ποιητική. Θεωρία και μέθοδοι ανάλυσης των ποιητικών κειμένων, Αθήνα: Πατάκης 2005.
Θανάσης Νιάρχος-Αντώνης Φωστιέρης, Ποίηση για την ποίηση, Αθήνα: Καστανιώτης 2006
R.Beaton, Εισαγωγή στη νεότερη ελληνική λογοτεχνία (μτφρ. Ευ. Ζουργού - Μ. Σπανάκη), Αθήνα: Νεφέλη 1996.
Teachingmethods: Presentationofthemajoraspectsofthesubjectbythelecturerduringthefirstfewweeks; oral presentations by students on specific poems during the following weeks; personal collaboration with the lecturer during office hours. Mandatory attendance at seminars.
Assessment methods: Oral presentation, written paper (3.000-4.000 words, submitted electronically), assessment of a fellow student’s oral presentation, contribution to discussion during seminars
Language of instruction: Greek
Course title: G. Seferis asLiterary Critic
Name of lecturer: Yannis Dimitrakakis
Course code:NEFF 380 / Type of course: Seminar / Level of course: Advanced
Year of study: 3,4 / Semester:Fall / Number of credits: 10
Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):
Each student should be able to understand and describe the philosophical and theoretical presuppositions of Seferis’ literary criticism.
Prerequisites:NEFF 100 and one NEFF course
Course contents:
The students will be called to study Seferis’ Essays in order to delineate the philosophical and theoretical presuppositions of his literary criticism.
Recommended reading: Giorgos Seferis, Essays(3 vol.) (inModernGreek)
Teaching methods: The instructor gives 2-3 introductory lectures; topics are distributed to students; each student presents his/her paper and receives feedback by the instructor and the other students; submission of thefinal essay.
Assessment methods: evaluation of the student’s oral presentation; evaluation of the student’s participation in the critical discussions, and (mainly) evaluation of the written essay
Language of instruction: Modern Greek

DIVISION OF LINGUISTICS