HISTORY OF MODERN GREEK LITERATURE

Specific Foundation

General Foundation

The course is also offered to exchange programme students.

After the successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: 1. Have an overview of the evolution of modern Greek literature from the foundation of Greek state to the present era (1830-2000). 2. Realize the values and the criteria upon which the modern Greek literary canon has been constructed. Realize the continuities and discontinuities in the course of modern greek literature, as well as the literary movements that have been running through it. 3. Discern and form opinions on important issues of modern Greek culture. 4. Classify each one author into the literary school, generation or group he/she belongs. 5. Make appropriate use of the basic tools of Philology, such as the Histories of Literature and the Anthologies.

1. Introduction to literary history α) The origins or literary historiography in 19th century b) Basic concepts and problems of literary history. National soul, continuity c) The origins of literary history in Greece d) Characteristics of the history of modern greek literature e) Histories of modern greek literature that are in use today 2. Modern Greek Literature in 19th century a) Cultural centers before 1821: Fanariotes, Ionian Islands, Diaspora b) Modern Greek Romanticism (1830-1880): Ionian and Athenian School. Historical fiction. 3. Traditional Poetry at the beginninig of 2oth century a) The generation of 1880 and Kostis Palamas b) The last traditional poets: A. Sikelianos, K. Varnalis 4. Prosa at the beginning of 20th century. The ethographic novel a) Georgios Vizyenos b) Alexandros Papadiamantis c) Andreas Karkavitsas 5. The urban novel. The social novel a) Grigorios Xenopoulos b) Konstantinos Chatzopoulos c) Konstantinos Theotokis d) Dimosthenis Voutiras 6. The modernist movement a) The precursors of modernism: C.P. Kavafis, K. Kariotakis b) The characteristics of modernism 7. Poetry of the Generation of 1930 a) Giorgos Seferis b) Odysseus Elytis c) The surrealists: Andreas Embirikos, Nikos Egonopoulos d) Giannis Ritsos 8. Prosa in the '30s a) Prosa as testimony:Stratis Doukas, Elias Venezis, Stratis Myrivilis b) Urban realism: Giorgos Theotokas, Aggelos Terzakis, M. Karagatsis c) The denial of realism: N. G. Pentzikis, G. Skaribas, M. Axioti 9. The first postwar poetic generation a) The social poets: M. Anagnostakis, A. Alexandrou, T. Patrikios, T. Livaditis b) The followers of surrealism: M. Sachtouris, E. Vakalo, D.P. Papaditsas 10. The traumatic experiencies of the '40s in fiction a) Alexandros Kotzias b) Andreas Fragias c) Dimitris Chatzis d) Stratis Tsirkas e) Kostas Tachtsis f) Nikos Bakolas 11. Poetry of the Generation of 1970 a) Giannis Kontos b) Gianis Varveris c) Kostas Papageorgiou d) Giorgos Markopoulos e) Jenny Mastoraki 12. Modern greek fiction after 1974 a) From collective consiousness to personal experience b) The appearance of new historical fiction 13. Modern Greek Literature in 21st century Literature in internet

Modern Greek Literature, Grammatology, historiography, literary canon,

27-03-2024