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 922-119 Modern Greek 4PCF/5PCF: Modern Greek Popular Culture and Folklore

Availability

4th year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Professor E Gauntlett

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 3-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

In this subject, various types of Greek and Greek-Australian popular and traditional texts are analysed from the point of view of their transmission, collection, classification, cultural status and ideological significance. Theories of popular culture, folklife and oral composition will be studied in relation to Greek texts.

Assessment

A seminar paper of 2000 words, an essay of 3000 words, and participation.

Prescribed Texts

Materials prepared by the department.

  • M Herzfeld, Ours Once More. Pella 1986.
  • M Ong, Orality and Literacy. The Technologizing of the Word. Routledge 1991.
  • G Sifakis, Yia mia Piitiki tou ellinikou dimotikou tragoudiou. Crete University Press 1988.
  • J Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. Harvester Wheatsheaf 1993.
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