Greek courses for Fall 2014 | Department of Classical Studies

	Title	Instructor	Location	Time	Description	Registration Notes
GREK 015-680	ELEM MODERN GREEK I	TSEKOURA, DIMITRA	WILLIAMS HALL 3	TR 0500PM-0700PM	This course is designed for students with no prior knowledge of the modern Greek Language. Instructions are theme based and is supported by a Textbook as well as other written or audiovisual material. It provides the framework for development of all communicative skills (reading, writing, comprehension and speaking) at a basic level. The course also introduces students to aspects of Modern Greek culture that are close to students' own horizon, while it exposes them to academic presentations of Greek history, arts, and current affairs. Quizzes, finals and short individual work with presentation are the testing tools. The completion of this unit does NOT satisfy the language requirement.	LANGUAGE SKILLS COURSE
GREK 101-301	ELEM CLASSICAL GREEK I	NISHIMURA-JENSEN, JULIE	CLAUDIA COHEN HALL 204	MWF 0100PM-0200PM	Intensive introduction to Classical Greek morphology and syntax. This course includes exercises in grammar, Greek composition, and translation from Greek to English. Emphasis is placed upon developing the ability to read Greek with facility.	LANGUAGE SKILLS COURSE
GREK 115-680	GREEK/HERITAGE SPKRS I	TSEKOURA, DIMITRA	DAVID RITTENHOUSE LAB 3N6	MW 0430PM-0630PM	This course is intended to help Heritage Speakers or student with prior knowledge of conversational modern Greek (or even Ancient Greek) to refresh or enrich their knowledge of modern Greek and who would not be a good fit for the elementary or intermediate classes. A theme based textbook and instructions along with a comprehensive overview of grammar as a whole is presented while original text, songs, video and other media are used in order to augment vocabulary and increase fluency in modern Greek. Students are expected to properly use the language, do theme-based research on the themes examined and provide written work on various subjects and make conversation in class. Presentations on researched topics account for final exam.	LANGUAGE SKILLS COURSE; THE FIRST TERM OF A TWO-TERM COURSE
GREK 203-301	XENOPHON'S ANABASIS	KER, JAMES	WILLIAMS HALL 320	TR 1200PM-0130PM	This course is for those who have completed Ancient Greek 102, Greek 112 or equivalent. You are now ready to begin reading real Greek! We will read a selection of passages from Greek prose authors, focusing on language and style. FALL 2014, XENOPHON'S ANABASIS. Selected readings from Xenophon's narrative of the Ten Thousand, the Greek mercenaries who were stranded in Mesopotamia and then marched a thousand miles back to "The Sea! The Sea!	LANGUAGE SKILLS COURSE
GREK 309-301	TOPICS: GREEK LITERATURE: LUCIAN	WILSON, EMILY	CLAUDIA COHEN HALL 204	TR 1200PM-0130PM	In this course we will read a selection of the corpus of hexameter poems known as the Homeric Hymns, familiarizing ourselves with the style and form of these poems and with their narratives about specific Olympian gods , sometimes canonical and sometimes unorthodox. We will also compare the hymns with Homer and Hesiod and with Greek lyric and tragic poetry in order to get a better sense of the overall range of Greek mythic poetry. In fall 2014, we will read a selection from the comic satirical prose writer Lucian, looking at a selection of his fantastic, proto- science fiction journeys to the moon and beyond, as well as his funny dialogues featuring gods, philosophers, dead heroes and poets.
GREK 600-301	GRADUATE SEMINAR: READING THE ILIAD	MURNAGHAN, SHEILA	CLAUDIA COHEN HALL 203	W 0200PM-0500PM	Topics will vary Fall 2014 topic: Through close reading of selected books of the Iliad, we will consider the range of approaches, from oral poetics to post-classical reception, that inform current interpretations of the Homeric epics.	UNDERGRADUATES NEED PERMISSION