George Seferis Chair Announces Fall Lineup of Classes
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The George Seferis Chair of Modern Greek Studies announces its course offerings for this fall semester:

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.

Modern Greek B. Intermediate Modern Greek: Language and Civilization
Catalog Number: 8187
Nikos Poulopoulos
Full course: M., F., W. at 11

For students with an elementary knowledge of modern Greek (equivalent to that acquired in Modern Greek A). Aims at further development of skills in speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing.

All best wishes for the new academic year,
Panagiotis Roilos

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