REINVENTING GREECE: PHILHELLENISM AND GREEK NATIONALISM IN LITERATURE, ART AND ARCHITECTURENot offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997.
16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Associate Professor E Gauntlett.
Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of Department. No knowledge of the Modern Greek language is presupposed.
Up to three hours per week.
Students on completion of the subject should be able to recognise and explain the diversity of visions of Hellenism expressed in literature, art and architecture; appreciate their relation to movements in European thought and politics; and discuss the relevant issues in an informed and critical manner.
The survival of hellenizing culture after the demise of classical Greece. The rise of Classics and archaeology and their impact on Western culture and on politics in the form of philhellenism and Greek nationalism. Doctrines of Hellenism and its continuity in modern Greek culture.
Written work up to 3,000 words (50 per cent) and a 2-hour written examination (50 per cent).
Burke J & Gauntlett S (eds. ) Neohellenism (HRC, ANU)
Clogg R A Concise History of Greece (CUP)
Tsigakou M The rediscovery of Greece (Thames & Hudson)
Plus a handbook of readings and illustrations produced by the Department
REINVENTING GREECE: PHILHELLENISM AND GREEK NATIONALISM IN LITERATURE, ART AND ARCHITECTURENot offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997.
16.7
Associate Professor E Gauntlett.
Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of Department. No knowledge of the Modern Greek language is presupposed.
Up to three hours each week.
On completion of the subject students should be able to recognise and explain the diversity of visions of Hellenism expressed in literature, art and architecture; appreciate their relation to movements in European thought and politics; and discuss the relevant issues in an informed and critical manner.
The survival of hellenizing culture after the demise of classical Greece. The rise of Classics and archaeology and their impact on Western culture and on politics in the form of philhellenism and Greek nationalism. Doctrines of Hellenism and its continuity in modern Greek culture.
Written work up to 3,000 words (50 per cent); a 2-hour written examination (50 per cent).
Burke J & Gauntlett S (eds. ) Neohellenism (HRC, ANU)
Clogg R A Concise History of Greece (CUP)
Tsigakou M The rediscovery of Greece (Thames & Hudson)
Plus a handbook of readings and illustrations produced by the Department
REINVENTING GREECE: PHILHELLENISM AND GREEK NATIONALISM IN LITERATURE, ART AND ARCHITECTURE Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997.
16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Associate Professor E Gauntlett.
Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of Department. No knowledge of the Modern Greek language is presupposed.
Up to three hours per week.
Students on completion of the subject should be able to recognise and explain the diversity of visions of Hellenism expressed in literature, art and architecture; appreciate their relation to movements in European thought and politics; and discuss the relevant issues in an informed and critical manner.
The survival of hellenizing culture after the demise of classical Greece. The rise of Classics and archaeology and their impact on Western culture and on politics in the form of philhellenism and Greek nationalism. Doctrines of Hellenism and its continuity in modern Greek culture.
Written work up to 3,000 words (50 per cent) and a 2-hour written examination (50 per cent).
Burke J & Gauntlett S. (eds. ) Neohellenism (HRC ANU)
Clogg R A Concise History of Greece (CUP)
Tsigakou M The rediscovery of Greece (Thames & Hudson)
Plus a handbook of readings and illustrations produced by the Dept.