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Areas of Specialization

Modern Greek literature& culture (especially poetry and novel)
Comparative literature; Cultural Studies and critical theory
Cyprus: interdisciplinary studies
Balkan literature & film

Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies

Elementary/Intermediate/Advanced Modern Greek
Introduction to Modern Greek Literature & Culture (inGreek)
Travelers, Exiles, Refugees in the Modern Mediterranean
Topics through Greek Film
Modern Greek Poetry/Poiesis
Narrative, History & Fiction in the Modern Greek Novel
Folktales (Paramythia) and the Short Story (in Greek)
Studies in Prose Genres: Novel Spaces of Hellenism,1750-1900
The Idea of Greece in the West, 1453-Present
20th-Century Balkans & ‘Balkanization’ through Literature & Film
Greek Diaspora: Odyssean Metaphors from Homer to Angelopoulos
From Classicism to Afrocentrism: Greece & Hellenism in the West
Irony, Satire, and Parody in Contemporary Greek Culture
Greek and Egyptian Crossings
Nationalisms and Literature
Studies in Prose Writing: Travel-Writing
Poets, Poetry, and Politics