Modern Greek Poetry
Teaching Staff: Letsios Vassilios
Course Code: YE-9501
Gram-Web Code: ΛΟ0103
Course Category: Specific Background
Course Type: Compulsory Elective
Course Level: Undergraduate
Course Language: Greek
Semester: Any Spring
ECTS: 2
Total Hours: 2
Erasmus: Available (in English)
E Class Page: https://opencourses.ionio.gr/courses/DFLTI150/
C. P. Cavafy: poetry (published and unpublished). Poetry and arts, publishing, translation.
To read and discuss Cavafy’s work, literature, essays, other writings and translations.
Weeks 1, 2: Introduction
Weekds 3-8: Cavafy's published poems: the "canon"
Week 9: Cavafy's published poem excl. the "canon"
Week 10: Cavafy's unpublished poems: finished.
Week 11: Cavafy's unpublished poems: unfinished.
Week 12: Cavafy's unpublished poetry in English. Unpublished translations of poetry. Unpublished prose fiction. Notes on the writing of poetry.
Week 13: Conclusions.
Καβάφης, Κ. Π. Τα ποιήματα, επ. Δημήτρης Δημηρούλης, Αθήνα, Gutenberg, 2015.
Αρσενίου, Ε. Κ. Π. Καβάφης. Η αξία της ποίησης, Αθήνα, Μεταίχμιο, 2016.
Βρισιμιτζάκης, Γ. Το έργο του Κ. Π. Καβάφη, επ. Γ. Π. Σαββίδης, Αθήνα, Ίκαρος, 1984, α' δημ. 1975.
Κατράρο, Α. Ο φίλος μου ο Καβάφης, μτφ. Αριστέα Ράλλη, Αθήνα, Ίκαρος, 1970.
Μαλάνος, Τ. Ο ποιητής Κ. Π. Καβάφης. Ο άνθρωπος και το έργο του, έκδοση συμπληρωμένη και οριστική, Αθήνα, Δίφρος, 1957.
Lecture. Reading and discussion.
Yes, where needed.
Written exam: a) critical discussion, b) reading/ analysis/ interpretation of poetry/ translation
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