HEL-UA 120 - Memory, History, and Language in Modern Greek Poetry

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New York University

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Description:

A survey of 20th-century Greek poetry in a historical and cultural context. Among the poets studied are C. P. Cavafy; the Nobel laureates George Seferis and Odysseus Elytis; the Lenin Prize-winner Yannis Ritsos; the surrealists Andreas Embiricos and Nikos Engonopoulos; the postwar generation of poets, including Miltos Sahtouris, Takis Sinopoulos, and Manolis Anagnostakis; and women poets, including Matsi Hatzila-zarou and Kiki Dimoula. Note: All texts are available in both Greek and English; critical texts in English only. Class discussion is conducted in English. No background specific to Greece is required.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nyu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 998-1212

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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