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MODGRK 100

Advanced Modern Greek: Introduction to Modern Greek Literature Harvard College/GSAS: 13892 Spring Semester 2018 Meeting Time: Monday 3:00-5:00pm Meeting Place: Barker 012 Canvas site: https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/38201 Instructor: Calliope Dourou Office Hours: Tues. 3:00-5:00pm and by appointment Office Location: 412 Two Arrow Street Office Phone: 617 384 7794 E-mail: dourou@fas.harvard.edu From Book to Film: Cinematic Representations of Modern Greek Literature. How do words translate into images? Can the interpretively fraught perspective of an author lend itself to the sensorily rife gaze of a director? Is it possible for an enthralling book to evolve into an equally astounding film? These are some of the questions that will be addressed in this course, as students gain knowledge about significant events in Modern Greek history that have long preoccupied and inspired acclaimed authors and distinguished filmmakers alike. Through engagement in narrative analysis and interpretation students will also be encouraged to whet their critical reading and writing skills. Authors include: Ioanna Karystiane, Nikos Kazantzakes, Kosmas Polites, Dido Soteriou, and Georgios Vizyenos. Directors include, among others: Jules Dassin, Michales Kakoyannes, Kostas Koutsomytes, and Panteles Voulgares. Grading: Attendance, homework, and participation: 40% 2 Oral Presentations: 30% Final project: 30% Attendance and timeliness policy: Students are responsible for notifying the instructor of any absences, in advance when possible, otherwise as soon as possible after the absence. Absences for certain reasons are always excusable; these include: • Religious observance (with advance notice) • Participation in intercollegiate athletic competition (with advance notice) • Interviews for jobs, graduate schools, fellowships, etc. (with advance notice) • Personal or family emergency

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• Illness or other incapacity. Each unexcused absence will adversely affect the attendance/participation portion of your grade. Quizzes, homework, or other work not completed on time due to absence may be made up if the absence is excused. Make-ups must normally be taken on the first day that the student returns to class after the absence. If the absence is not excused, the student may submit the work for feedback, but will receive a grade of 0. Please do your best to arrive on time. Classes begin at 5 past the hour. Repeated lateness will adversely affect the attendance/participation portion of your grade. Academic honesty policy: Students are encouraged to study together, but all written work submitted for a grade (including quizzes and exams) must be the sole, unaided work of each student. Collaboration on such work will be considered plagiarism and cases will be referred to the Administrative Board of Harvard College. If you are in doubt as to whether collaboration is permitted on any given assignment, please ask your instructor first. Special accommodations: Any student requiring special accommodation should provide the instructor with a letter from the Accessible Education Office as soon as possible, so that we will have time to make the necessary arrangements. No accommodations can be made until the letter is received. All correspondence with the AEO will remain confidential.

Tentative Class Schedule:

Week 1: Mon. Jan. 22

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Week 2: Mon. Jan. 29

Week 4: Mon. Feb. 12

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Week 5: Mon. Feb. 19

President’s Day: No Class

Week 6:

Mon. Feb. 26

Week 7: Mon. Mar. 5

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Week 8: Mon. Mar. 10- Thu. Mar. 18

Week 9: Mon. Mar. 19

SPRING BREAK

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Week 10: Mon. Mar. 26

Week 11: Mon. Apr. 2

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Week 12:

Mon. Apr. 9

Week 13: Mon. Apr. 16

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Week 14: Mon. Apr. 23

Final Projects

Μικρά Αγγλία (The Jasmine Isle)

1. Ιωάννα Καρυστιάνη, Η Μικρά Αγγλία από τις λέξεις στις εικόνες. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W932RURktFM

2. Συνέντευξη µε τον Παντελή Βούλγαρη & την Ιωάννα Καρυστιάνη για την Μικρά Αγγλία. http://www.avgi.gr/article/10972/1362297/synenteuxe-me-ton-pantele-boulgare-kai-ten-ioanna-karystiane-ta-synaisthem

3. O Παντελής Βούλγαρης και η Ιωάννα Καρυστιάνη για την Μικρά Αγγλία. https://camerastyloonline.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/video-mikra-agglia-synentefxi-me-panteli-voulgari-kai-ioanna-karystiani/ Ματωµένα Χώµατα (Farewell Anatolia)

1. Η Διδώ Σωτηρίου για τα Ματωµένα Χώµατα https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAfBh_r266A

2. Nikolopoulou, Maria. 2007. “Space, memory, and identity: The memory of the Asia Minor space in Greek novels of the 1960s.” CAS Working Paper Series 1: 3-18.

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3. Kastrinaki, Angela. 1999. “Το 1922 και οι λογοτεχνικές αναθεωρήσεις.” In Ο Ελληνικός κόσµος ανάµεσα στην Ανατολή και τη Δύση 1453-1981. Πρακτικά του Α᾽Ευρωπαϊκού Συνεδρίου Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών, τ. Α᾽, edited by A. Argyriou, K. Dimadis, and A. D. Lazaridou, 163-72. Athens: Ellinika Grammata.

4. Eideneier, Niki. 1999. “Η εικόνα των Τούρκων στην ελληνική λογοτεχνία µετά τη Μικρασιατική Καταστροφή.” In Ο Ελληνικός κόσµος ανάµεσα στην Ανατολή και τη Δύση 1453-1981. Πρακτικά του Α᾽Ευρωπαϊκού Συνεδρίου Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών, τ. Α᾽, edited by A. Argyriou, K. Dimadis, and A. D. Lazaridou, 175-85. Athens: Ellinika Grammata.

Ο Χριστός ξανασταυρώνεται (Christ Recrucified)

1. Έλληνες του Πνεύµατος και της Τέχνης: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=3579s&v=vOeoRrhmuZw&app=desktop

2. Χρονολόγιο, Ιστορικό Μουσείο Κρήτης https://www.historical-museum.gr/webapps/kazantzakis-pages/gr/life/chronology-det.php

3. Bien, Peter. 2010. “Kazantzakis’ s long apprenticeship to Christian themes.” In Kazantzakis: Politics of the spirit, vol. 2, 394-427. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

4. Bien, Peter. 2010. “The political comprehensiveness of Christ Recrucified.” In

Kazantzakis: Politics of the spirit, vol. 2, 292-327. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

5. Celui qui doit mourir, Jules Dassin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWox5LE9SM

Eroica

1. Γιώργος Θεοτοκάς https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtPVUaz2uFE

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2. Our last spring, Michael Cacoyannis https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwknp7

3. Mackridge, Peter. 1979. “Symbolism and Irony in three novels by Kosmas Politis.” Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 5: 77-93.

4. Vitti, Mario. 1977. Η γενιά του τριάντα: Ιδεολογία και µορφή. Αθήνα: Ερµής. Το µόνον της ζωης του ταξείδιον (The only journey of his life)

1. Το µόνον της ζωής του ταξείδιον, Λάκης Παπαστάθης https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxSqgWoxBuI

2. Alexiou, Margaret. 1995. “Why Vizyenos?” Journal of Modern Greek Studies 13 (2): 289-98.

3. Απόψεις για το έργο του Βιζυηνού http://www.greek-language.gr/digitalResources/literature/education/literature_history/search.html?details=24

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