Week 1 Empires: Byzantine, Ottoman; War of Independence
Monday October 3 |
Introduction: changes in the alphabet; some Seferis/Theodorakis
songs. Pick up the timeline |
Browning Ch. 7: Cameron on “Rome and the Greek East” pp. 204-214;
Add the Gospel of John (online, bilingual Greek/English; or any translation);
Byzantine hymns from photocopy pack |
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Tues. 4 |
Byzantine church and state: Christianity, Classical
culture, |
Browning Ch. 8-9: initial photo-essay on Byzantine
culture (pp. 215-234); Herrin on “A Christian Millennium” and Vryonis
on “The Impact of Hellenism (on Slavic and Islamic worlds)” pp.
235-262 (with the photo-essay at the start of Part VI: Revival, pp.
263-282). Trypanis—the rest of the Byzantine material, “Last Mass”,
etc. |
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Wed. 5 |
Byzantine into Ottoman |
Gallant pp. 1-28; Byron photocopy; Solomos, Kalvos
and Makriyannis in Modern Greek Writing. (Pictures from
Browning—“Images of Independence”) |
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Thur. 6 |
The Greek Revolution |
Gallant pp. 29-115: Roidis and Papadiamantis in MGW |
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Fri. 7 |
The Nineteenth Century |
Over weekend: Nietzsche, Gallant ch. 6 and WRITE A
PAPER |