Culture and Language in Modern Greece, 1821-1909.

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This is an upper-division course on modern Greek language, history, and culture. This course introduces the main cultural forces in history and literature that shape modern Greek society. It explores the historical development of modern Greek culture from the period of the Greek War of Independence up until the end of the nineteenth century. Students will also obtain a basic level of modern Greek grammatical rules, the reading and writing of simple sentences, and basic everyday conversation.