Curriculum : By the end of the course students:
- (they) will have acquired a wider philological knowledge of Greek literary production of 19th and 20th century,
- (they) will know the periods of Modern Greek Literature and the special traits of the aesthetic currents that have influenced this Literature,
- (they) might comprehend the frame of the Greek literary production,
- (they) will have come in a narrower contact with the poets, whose poetic works constitute landmarks in the development of Modern Greek Poetry,
- (they) will have gone deep into the works of specific poets, such as: K.P.Kavafis, G.Seferis, O.Elytis, G.Ritsos, N.Vrettakos.
After the completion of the course, students will have developed further the competence:
- to comprehend the evolutional process of Modern Greek Poetry and to interpret the frame of its production and function,
- to deepen in the substances of poetic writing, as they are activated through the works of modern poets,
- to recognize the particular contribution of poetic diction in the rejuvenation of modern literary writing, in general.
Outline : 1. Periods of Modern Greek Literature-Historical diagram.
2. Aesthetic currents and Aesthetic schools [ Classicism, Romanticism, Parnassism, Realism-Naturalism, Symbolism (Basic traits – Main rep-resentatives)].
3. Landmarks in the development of Modern Greek Poetry.
4. Analytical presentation of the poetics works of: K.P.Kavafis, G.Seferis, O.Elytis, G.Ritsos, N.Vrettakos.