FF:MED11 Greek Literature - Course Information

MED11 Greek Literature of the Middle Ages and Modern Period

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Nicole Votavová Sumelidisová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Nicole Votavová Sumelidisová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

SOUHLAS

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 1 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/1, only registered: 0/1, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/1

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Abstract

A series of seminars devoted to imporatant authors, literary works, eventually genres. The attention is devoted to the most influential authors, imporatnt from the viewpoint of world literature. Students will gain an overview of the basic turning points of the literary development in this period.

Learning outcomes

Students will become familiar with the basic turning points in the development of Greek literature from the Byzantine period until today. Students will get to know certain works of Byzantine and Modern Greek literature through reading of chosen literary extracts (translation into Czech or a world language). Students will be capable of independent work with basic scholarly handbooks of Byzantology and Modern Greek studies and of searching for other information concerning these fields.

Key topics

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Hagiography; Hymnography.
• 3. Historiography
• 4. Digenis Akritis.
• 5. Byzantine novel
• 6. Cretan renaissance.
• 7. Greek romantism (Dionysios Solomos, Emmanuil Roidis).
• 8. Konstantinos Kavafis; Nikos Kazantzakis.
• 9. Generace of 1930: prose; Giannis Ritsos. 10. Giorgos Seferis and Odysseas Elytis. 11. Post-war fiction; Czech translations. 12. Contemporary literature

Study resources and literature

• Byzantium (Variant.) : The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium. Vol. 1 : The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium. Vol. 2 : The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium. Vol. 3. info
• HRADEČNÝ, Pavel; Růžena DOSTÁLOVÁ; Věra HROCHOVÁ; Pavel OLIVA; Konstantinos TSIVOS and Vladimír VAVŘÍNEK. Dějiny Řecka. Vydání třetí. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2015, 785 stran. ISBN 9788074224560. info
• The making of modern Greece, nationalism, Romanticism, & the uses of the past (1797-1896). Edited by Roderick Beaton - David Ricks. First published. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009, xiv, 270. ISBN 9780754664987. info
• BEATON, Roderick. From Byzantium to modern Greece : medieval texts and their modern reception. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008, 1 sv. ISBN 9780754659693. info
• BORECKÝ, Bořivoj and Růžena DOSTÁLOVÁ. Slovník řeckých spisovatelů. Druhé, přepracované a dop. Praha: LEDA, 2006, 663 stran. ISBN 8073350661. info
• BEATON, Roderick. Folk poetry of modern Greece. 1st pbk. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, xii, 229. ISBN 0521604206. info
• DOSTÁLOVÁ, Růžena. Byzantská vzdělanost. Vyd. 2. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003, 413 s. ISBN 8070214090. info
• BEATON, Roderick. An introduction to modern Greek literature. 2. ed., rev. and expanded. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999, xiv, 420. ISBN 0198159749. info
• BEATON, Roderick. The medieval Greek romance. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. London: Routledge, 1996, xx, 301. ISBN 0415120330. info
• Digenes Akrites : new approaches to Byzantine heroic poetry. Edited by Roderick Beaton - David Ricks. Aldershot: Variorum, 1993, xi, 196. ISBN 0860783952. info
• AVENARIUS, Alexander; Růžena DOSTÁLOVÁ; Vladimír FIALA; Věra HROCHOVÁ; Milan LOOS; Oldřich TŮMA and Vladimír VAVŘÍNEK. Dějiny Byzance. Edited by Bohumila Zástěrová. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 529 stran. ISBN 8020004548. info
• MANGO, C. Byzantium. The Empire of the New Rome. London, 1980. info
• BROWNING, R. The Byzantine Empire. London, 1980. info

Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching

Lectures, reading.

Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements

1. Written test (only students of the Mediterranean Studies and Modern Greek Studies). 2. Submission of a paper (at least 6000 characters). 3. Active participation in classes (75%)

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: forma výuky bude mimořádná, konzultace a samostatná četba.
Information on course enrolment limitations: předmět je vypsán pouze pro studenty, kteří v semestru jaro 2025 byli v zahraničí

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