A minor sequence in modern Greek comprises MGR1070 and MGR1080 (Modern Greek language and culture A and B) followed by MGR2210 and MGR2220 (Modern Greek language IIA and IIB), and MGR2310 (Twentieth-century Greek literature).
Students who complete a minor sequence in modern Greek should develop, through regular language work over a period of two years, a mastery of more formal levels of Greek and become sensitive to the ways in which context influences language usage. They should also develop an understanding of the way in which the Greek language has changed over the last two centuries as a result of the concerted attempt to cleanse the language of `vulgar' elements, and will consequently be better equipped to deal with the multiplicity of linguistic forms that exists in contemporary Greek.
Apart from the study of the language, students will study key issues in modern Greek history and culture (eg the Great Idea, the Asia Minor Castastrophe, the Cyprus Problem, the question of Greek national identity) and a selection of twentieth-century literary texts, which have been chosen not just for their quality but also for the insights they provide into the modern Greek experience.
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