Greek
The courses below are offered through the Department of Classics.
Departmental Chair: Katharina Volk, 614 Hamilton
212-854-5684
kv2018@columbia.edu
Departmental Adviser: Deborah Steiner, 617 Hamilton
212-854-4188
dts8@columbia.edu
Departmental Administrator: Gerry Visco, 617 Hamilton
212-854-7821
gwv1@columbia.edu
Departmental Office: 617 Hamilton
212-854-3902
classics@columbia.edu
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 AM-6 PM
Web: www.columbia.edu/cu/classics
Hellenic Studies Program
hg2252@columbia.edu
Co-Directors: Professor Karen Van Dyck and Professor Stathis Gourgouris, 606 Hamilton
212-851-0297
vandyck@columbia.edu
NOTE
Course scheduling is subject to change. Days, times, instructors, class locations, and call numbers are available on the Directory of Classes.
Fall course information begins posting to the Directory of Classes in February; Summer course information begins posting in March; Spring course information begins posting in June. For course information missing from the Directory of Classes after these general dates, please contact the department or program.
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Fall 2009
Classics
Greek
Credit Courses
For students who have never studied Greek. An intensive study of grammar
with reading and writing of simple Attic prose.
Covers all of Greek grammar and syntax in one term. Prepares the student to
enter second-year Greek (GREK V1201 or V1202).
Prerequisites: GREK V1201-V1202 or the equivalent.
Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be
repeated for credit. Topic for 2007-2008: Lucian
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: GREK V1201 and V1202 or their equivalent.
Since the content of the course changes from year to year, it may be taken
in consecutive years. Topic for 2007-2008: Plato
Prerequisites: At least two terms of Greek at the 3000 level or higher.
Readings in Greek literature from Homer to the 4th century B.C.
Prerequisites: At least four terms of Greek, or the equivalent.
An intensive review of Greek syntax with translation of English sentences
and paragraphs into Attic Greek.
Noncredit Courses
Spring 2010
Classics
Greek
Credit Courses
For students who have never studied Greek. An intensive study of grammar
with reading and writing of simple Attic prose.
Prerequisites: GREK V1101 or the equivalent, or the permission of the instructor or the director of undergraduate studies.
Continuation of grammar study begun in GREK V1101; selections from Attic prose.
Covers all of Greek grammar and syntax in one term. Prepares the student to
enter second-year Greek (GREK V1201 or V1202).
Prerequisites: GREK V1101-V1102 or GREK V1121 or the equivalent.
Detailed grammatical and literary study of several books of the Iliad and
introduction to the techniques or oral poetry, to the Homeric hexameter,
and to the historical background of Homer.
Prerequisites: GREK V1201-V1202 or the equivalent.
Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be
repeated for credit. Topic for 2006-2007: Aristophanes
Noncredit Courses
Fall 2009
Classics
Modern Greek
Credit Courses
Introduction to modern Greek language and culture. Designed for students
wishing to learn the skills necessary to read modern Greek texts of
moderate difficulty and converse on a wide range of topics. Students
explore modern Greece's cultural landscape from "parea" to poetry to
political graffiti. Special attention is paid to general problems of
foreign language study and translation.
Prerequisites: GRKM V1101-V1102 or the equivalent.
This course is designed for students who are already familiar with the
basic grammar and syntax of modern Greek language and can communicate at an
elementary level. Using films, newspapers, and popular songs, students
engage the finer points of Greek grammar and syntax and enrich their
vocabulary. Emphasis is given to writing, whether in the form of film and
book reviews or essays on particular topics taken from a selection of
second year textbooks.
Noncredit Courses
Spring 2010
Classics
Modern Greek
Credit Courses
Prerequisites: GRKM V1101 or the equivalent.
Continuation of GRKM V1101. Introduction to modern Greek language
and culture. Emphasis on speaking, writing, basic grammar, syntax and
cross-cultural analysis.
Prerequisites: GRKM V1201 or the equivalent.
Continuation of GRKM V1201. Students complete their knowledge of the
fundamentals of Greek grammar and syntax while continuing to enrich their
vocabulary.
This course introduces students to major literary, cultural, and political
issues in modern Greece through Greek film. Discussion of films are placed
alongside weekly readings in the novel, history, politics, film criticism.
All films have English subtitles. There will be a Greek and English
section. Films by Angelopoulos, Cacoyannis, Voulgaris, Marketaki,
Koundouros, Costa-Gavras, Giannaris, Papatakis, and Dassin.
This course introduces students to the rich tradition of literature about
and by Greeks in America over the past century, exploring questions of
ethnic identity, gender and language. Students examine how contemporary
debates in diaspora studies and translation theory can inform each other
and how both, in turn, can inform a discussion of the writing of the Greek
American experience in histories, novels, poetry, travel literature,
performance art and films. Authors include Kazan, Gage, Broumas, Spanidou,
Galas, Selz, Papandreou, and Petrakis.
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