Modern Greek Literature

This course will examine the work of Greek intellectuals (philosophers and literary writers) who, as adults, in moments of Greek historical and political crises, left Greece and emigrated to other European countries. The primary corpus of the work of these authors was written in the languages of their adopted countries, thus, allowing them to make major contributions to the specific intellectual life of those countries and to European letters in general. Even though these writers have appeared in Greece only in Greek translation, it will be interesting to examine to what extend each crisis, which drove them away from their original homeland, contributed to their evolution, and defined the direction of their ideas abroad.

All materials from foreign languages for this course are presented in English translation.

Greek History, theory and criticism are in English. Films are in English or with English subtitles.