Poetry, prose fiction, theatre, literary criticism in the Ionian Islands in the 19th and early-20th c. Language and culture, European movements and influences, literary translation.

Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:

• know aspects of the Ionian School (Solomos, Kalvos etc.)
• be aware of literary criticism
• recognize authors, literary genres, works etc.
• evaluate specific titles, topics etc.

Week 1: Introduction to the Ionian School

Week 2: Ionian Writing until the 19^th century

Weeks 3 & 4: Andreas Kalvos

Week 5: The Zante Circle

Weeks 6 & 7: Dionysios Solomos

Week 8: The Corfu Circle (Corfu)

Week 9: The Corfu Circle (Corfu) II: Lorentsos Mavilis and Konstantinos Theotokis

Week 10: Aristotelis Valaoritis

Week 11: The Corfu Circle (Corfu) III: the last representatives

Week 12: 20^th-century Corfu Writing

Week 13: Conclusions

Θεοδόσης Πυλαρινός, Επτανησιακή Σχολή, Ηρόδοτος, 2007 [59397270]

Ευριπίδης Γαραντούδης, Οι Επτανήσιοι και ο Σολωμός, Καστανιώτης, 2008 [16851]

Π. Δ. Μαστροδημήτρης, Επτανησιακά, Πορεία, 2006, [7103]

Lecture. Presentations, discussion.

Yes, where needed.

Written exam (in Greek) or essay (in Greek or in English)