Language

ELEMENTARY FIRST-YEAR MODERN GREEK 101-102 is designed for students with no previous exposure to the language, as well as for students with some basic understanding of Modern Greek. The course provides students with basic skills in reading, speaking, and writing and introduces them to Modern Greek history and culture through media such as film and music. Auditors are welcome. (Margomenou).  Current LSA Course Guide Listing

ELEMENTARY MODERN GREEK CONVERSATION 105 gives students the opportunity to articulate everyday needs in Greek. The course is designed for beginning students who know how to read but can barely speak. In-class exercises have students introduce themselves, give directions, shop; order food and drink, open a bank account, describe their physical discomfort, rent an apartment, explain how to play a favorite sport or cook a great meal, etc.  Auditors are welcome. (Leontis)

INTERMEDIATE SECOND-YEAR MODERN GREEK 201-202 assumes familiarity with the basics of reading, writing, and speaking. Through films, music, literature, poetry, newspapers and surfing the web, students enrich their vocabulary, improve fluency in speaking, and discover their means of personal expression in Modern Greek. Enrollment in the second year Modern Greek courses requires having attended Modern Greek 101/102. Students who want to join the class without having attended the first year Modern Greek courses must take a placement exam. Auditors are welcome. (Margomenou)  Current LSA Course Guide Listing

INTERMEDIATE MODERN GREEK CONVERSATION 205 aims to give students confidence in their ability to handle many speaking situations and topics, from practical everyday situations to current events to areas of students' academic or extra-curricular interests.  For students who have had at least three (3) terms of Greek or whose oral skills place them in 2nd year Greek and who are interested in enhancing their spoken language skills.  Auditors are welcome. (Leontis)

ADVANCED THIRD-YEAR MODERN GREEK 301-302 builds on the language skills acquired in Modern Greek 101/102 and 201/202. The course is a thematic survey of Modern Greek culture through literature, theater, film, and music, focusing on such topics as diaspora, politics, and identity. As part of this course students are also exposed to the contemporary pop-culture of Greece through movies, newspapers, music, TV programs, the web, and cartoons. The third year is designed for students who have completed the two-year language sequence. Alternatively, students can join the class after taking a placement test. Auditors are welcome. (Margomenou)  Current LSA Course Guide Listing

MODERN GREEK 499, 599 DIRECTED READING for the undergraduate or graduate student.

Literary and Cultural Studies

MODERN GREEK 214 INTRODUCTION TO MODERN GREEK CULTURE is designed to introduce students to the culture of contemporary Greece, this interdisciplinary course examines cultural, religious, social, and political trends as reflected in literature, music, folklore, popular culture, and ideology. Emphasis is given to the last two centuries but the survey begins with the late Byzantine and Ottoman eras. (Leontis)  Current LSA Course Guide Listing

MODERN GREEK 318 GREEK-AMERICAN CULTURE explores questions of ethnicity, race, gender, and social class in the United States over the last two centuries as reflected in Greek-American history and culture. The objective is to encourage reflection on the cultural diversity of identity and awareness of racism, discrimination, and intolerance in our world. (Lambropoulos)

MODERN GREEK 325 ATHENS PRESENT AND PAST explores Athens neighborhood by neighborhood through photographs, films, travel descriptions, maps, poetry, plays, political writing, fiction, and non-fictional narrative. It visits several of the city’s hot spots, from the Acropolis to the Plaka and Kolonaki Square to beachfront scenes of Athens’ night life, in order to study how Athens has been reinventing itself from prehistoric times through the modern era. Satisfies Humanities requirement. (Leontis)

MODERN GREEK 340/COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 340 TRAVELS TO GREECE examines the literature of modern travel to Greece and the issues it raises about antiquity, modernity, ethnography, otherness, orientalism, and Western identity. Readings include works by British, French, German, American, and Greek authors. Art, film, and the media provide different measures of comparison. (Leontis)

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 240: GREEK MYTH IN MODERN LITERATURE
AND CINEMA surveys the uses of Greek myth in modern plays, novels, and movies. The goal is to examine the overlap among genres and follow the travels and transformations of mythical figures through the centuries.(Lambropoulos)  Current LSA Course Guide Listing

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 601 CONTEMPORARY THEORY is a graduate seminar on contemporary theories of interpretation. Philosophical readings range from Austin to Derrida, and theories range from feminism to postcolonial studies. These readings are applied to various performances of the Antigone which include Greek versions by Yiorgos Tzavellas, Mikis Theodorakis, Aris Retsos. and Spyros Vrahoritis. (Lambropoulos)