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Discuss the portrayal and effects of loss in the poetry of Cavafy

My Mother's Sin and Other Stories A series of lectures on Modern Greek literature taught by Dr Dimitra Tzanidaki-Kreps This is a first class essay of one of my students, Jenny Wight, who took my course this year writing beautifully on the effects of loss in Cavafy's poetry.

Discuss the portrayal and effects of loss in the poetry of Cavafy

Poetics and Histories: To What Extent Did C. P. Cavafy Alter Historical Narratives, and for What Artistic Purposes?

stuident Name: Joseph Watson Module Lecturer: Dr Dimitra Tzanidaki-Kreps Date of Submission: 11/01/2016

Poetics and Histories: To What Extent Did C. P. Cavafy Alter Historical Narratives, and for What Artistic Purposes?

Theatricality, didacticism, prosaic verse, use of persons as symbols, contemplative mood, flashbacks are some of Cavafy’s recurring ‘tropes’. Discuss.

Within the vast poetry collection of Constantine Cavafy, arguably, a pattern of recurring tropes emerges, offering the readers an in depth understanding of what defines his artistry. The poems that I have chosen for this essay being Young Men of Sidon, Alexandrian Kings and Kaisarion, from his book The Collected poems. One might say that they serve as an example of Cavafy’s gravitation towards an array of literary devices such as theatricality, didacticism, prosaic verse, use of persons as symbols, contemplative mood and flashbacks, one might say that they create a narrative that extends beyond the individual poems, inviting us to explore the timeless themes captured by Cavafy.

Theatricality, didacticism, prosaic verse, use of persons as symbols, contemplative mood, flashbacks are some of Cavafy’s recurring ‘tropes’. Discuss.

Hyperion or the hermit in Greece

Concept, dramaturgy and performance by Dimitra Kreps

Hyperion or the hermit in Greece

«Examine how homoerotic love is expressed in Cavafy’s erotic poetry» By Yousuf Danawi, Reading University

This essay aims to examine the manner in which homoerotic love is expressed in Constantine Peter Cavafy’s erotic poetry.Initially, it will provide a brief introduction entailing contextual information. Subsequently, this essay will bestow an intricate analysis of his erotic poems, with a particular focus on elucidating recurrent themes pertaining tohomoerotic love. The analysis will explore both the formal and thematic constituents of Cavafy’s erotic poetry, accompanied by a pervading extraction of deeper meaning.This examination will be enhanced utilising relevant secondary literature. The primary source that consists of the poems to be discussed in this essay derives from a digital anthology that comprises Cavafy’s ‘Recognised’, ‘Denounced’, and ‘Hidden’ poems

 «Examine how homoerotic love is expressed in Cavafy’s erotic poetry» By Yousuf Danawi, Reading University

How does Seferis’ mythical method interact with Greece’s lasting socio-political issues?

Seferis uses the mythical method in his poetry to allude to and comment upon social and political issues in Greece in his lifetime. Before discussing his poetry, it is important to define what is meant by Seferis’ mythical method. This method can be described as allusive, as although Seferis does make direct references to myth he does so in inventive ways, for example by using narrative space, symbols and characters to evoke Greek myths.

How does Seferis’ mythical method interact with Greece’s lasting socio-political issues?

The form of Dramatic Monologue as perfected by Ritsos’ poetry.

Yannis Ritsos is widely regarded as one of the most significant figures in contemporary Greek poetry. He managed to revolutionise the idea of a dramatic monologue and create not just beautiful poetry, but also a multifaceted art form that has depth on psychological, social, and philosophical levels throughout all of his publications. The dramatic monologue form was popularised by Victorian poets such as Robert Browning, but Ritsos revitalised it and many poets to this day still use his style as inspiration. His ability to construct identities and characters that the reader can genuinely sense and almost experience is skilful.

The form of Dramatic Monologue as perfected by Ritsos’ poetry.

ἐξ ἐρίων δὴ καὶ κλωστήρων καὶ ἀτράκτων

This essay examines that metaphor in the context of the political and war situation at the time Lysistrata was first performed. It considers traditional gender roles in the fifth-century Greek polis and Lysistrata’s inversion of those roles in her weaving analogy. Aristophanes’ comedic purpose in the weaving speech, in Lysistrata as a whole, and more generally across his corpus is examined. In addition, some observations are made about the sound pattern of Lysistrata’s speech and, in a personal argument, a speculative suggestion is advanced that the audience might have associated her cadences with the familiar rhythms of a domestic weaving loom.

ἐξ ἐρίων δὴ καὶ κλωστήρων καὶ ἀτράκτων

Discuss the portrayal and effects of loss in the poetry of Cavafy

My Mother's Sin and Other Stories A series of lectures on Modern Greek literature taught by Dr Dimitra Tzanidaki-Kreps This is a first class essay of one of my students, Jenny Wight, who took my course this year writing beautifully on the effects of loss in Cavafy's poetry.

Discuss the portrayal and effects of loss in the poetry of Cavafy

In Ritsos’ Moonlight Sonata what sentiments does the woman’s confession provoke/inspire to you and how these compare to the ones felt by the young man who remains silent throughout her long monologue.

Yannis Ritsos' "Moonlight Sonata" is a poignant and emotionally charged poem that presents a deeply intimate monologue of a woman speaking to a silent young man. The setting is night, with the moonlight casting a dreamlike atmosphere over the scene. The woman's confession, filled with personal revelations, memories, and emotions, evokes a variety of sentiments in the reader and provokes a complex response.

In Ritsos’ Moonlight Sonata what sentiments does the woman’s confession provoke/inspire to you and how these compare to the ones felt by the young man who remains silent throughout her long monologue.

Tμήματα ελληνικής γλώσσας στη Γαλλία

MariaPournara writes, "Μαρία Πουρνάρα
Λίγα λόγια για το έργο μου στο Παρίσι
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13 Μαρτίου 2008

Εδώ και έξι χρόνια είμαι αποσπασμένη στα σχολεία του Παρισιού ως φιλόλογος διδάσκουσα στη δευτεροβάθμια εκπαίδευση. Τα τμήματα στα οποία διδάσκω με την ιδιότητα αυτή είναι τμήματα ελληνικής γλώσσας γυμνασίου και λυκείου ή τμήματα ενηλίκων, των οποίων οι φοιτητές διδάσκονται την ελληνική είτε ως δεύτερη είτε ως ξένη γλώσσα.
Την τρέχουσα σχολική χρονιά 2007 – 2008 διδάσκω σε δύο τμήματα ενηλίκων (επίπεδα: αρχάριοι και προχωρημένοι) και σε φοιτητές του Ινστιτούτου Ορθόδοξης Θεολογίας "Άγιος Σέργιος", όπου γίνονται μαθήματα νέων ελληνικών για πρώτη φορά.
Τα βιβλία που χρησιμοποιώ ως βασικά εγχειρίδια, και εγώ και οι συνάδελφοί μου, για τους ενήλικες είναι η σειρά « Επικοινωνήστε Ελληνικά ». Ο καθένας βέβαια εμπλουτίζει το υλικό του από άλλες μεθόδους και βιβλία ή αυτοσχεδιάζει με δικό του υλικό ανάλογα με το επίπεδο και το δυναμικό της τάξης.
Προσωπικά δουλεύω και με κείμενα και ασκήσεις από το «Ελληνικά τώρα», το «Ελληνικά από κοντά», το «Ελληνικά για ξένους» (Α.Π.Θ), το «Μαθήματα Ελληνικών», το «Ξέρετε Ελληνικά», το «Κλειδιά της ελληνικής γραμματικής», με απλά λογοτεχνικά κείμενα κ.λ.π.
Πρόσφατα άρχισα να αξιοποιώ διδακτικά και κείμενα από τις Φρυκτωρίες, που τις βρίσκω εξαιρετικές. Κυρίως δουλεύω με κείμενα από την τράπεζα υλικού, όπως το κείμενο του Ζηκούδη για την παθητική φωνή, κάποια τραγούδια, το κείμενο της Ζουμπουλίδου "οδηγώ και σου γράφω" κ.λ.π.
Ιδιαίτερη έμφαση δίνω στις προφορικές ασκήσεις, τις οποίες εμπλουτίζω με παιχνίδια ρόλων και αυτοσχέδια θεατρικά κείμενα με συγκεκριμένο θεματικό λεξιλόγιο. Εκτός από τους φοιτητές που ενδιαφέρονται μακροπρόθεσμα για το πιστοποιητικό ελληνομάθειας (όπως άλλωστε και οι μαθητές των σχολείων οι οποίοι συμμετέχουν κάθε χρόνο όλο και περισσότεροι και με αυξανόμενη επιτυχία στις εξετάσεις για το πιστοποιητικό), οι ενήλικες μαθητές ενδιαφέρονται κυρίως για την αποτελεσματική επικοινωνία σε σωστά ελληνικά, στόχος που επιδιώκεται και στο μάθημα με την έμφαση στο διάλογο και την προφορική κατανόηση.
Χρησιμοποιώ τέλος ως οπτικοακουστικό υλικό δίσκους με κείμενα και τραγούδια πάνω στα οποία οι μαθητές πραγματοποιούν έπειτα εργασίες.

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