George Seferis Chair Announces Fall Lineup of Classes
Comparative Literature 149. Irony Panagiotis Roilos Mondays 1-3 Explores major philosophical (Plato, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche) and aesthetic discourses on irony as well as literary manipulations of the trope in Greek and other western European traditions. Topics discussed include irony and rhetoric, parody, laughter, irony and the post-modern. Modern Greek 200. Exploring Modernism: The Poetry of C.P. Cavafy and G. Seferis Panagiotis Roilos Tuesdays 1-3 Explores the ways in which Cavafy and Seferis responded to modernist aesthetics and constructed their personal poetic mythology. Topics include: tradition and modernism, nostalgia and memory, poetics and desire. Modern Greek A. Elementary Modern Greek Catalog Number: 8604 Nikos Panou Full course. M., W., F., at 10, and a fourth hour for conversation. Laboratory, both terms. For students with no knowledge of modern Greek. Basic oral expression, listening comprehension, grammar, reading, and writing. Language instruction is supplemented by reading of simple literary passages and other texts. ******************************************************************* |