[MGSA-L] courses, Yale University
Syrimis, George
george.syrimis at yale.edu
Mon Aug 31 11:51:13 PDT 2015
Hellenic Studies Program
Course Offerings
Fall 2015
Elementary Modern Greek I, Maria Kaliambou
MGRK 110
M-F 9.25-10.15
An introduction to modern Greek, with emphasis on oral expression. Use of communicative activities, graded texts, written assignments, grammar drills, audiovisual material, and contemporary documents. In-depth cultural study.
Intermediate Modern Greek I, Maria Kaliambou
MGRK 130
M-F 10.30-11.20
Further development of oral and written linguistic skills, using authentic readings and audiovisual materials. Continued familiarization with contemporary Greek culture.
Dionysus in Modernity: the Irrational in the Age of Reason, George Syrimis
MGRK216/LITR239/CLCV216
Thursday, 9:25-11:15
The seminar examines modernity’s fascination with the myth of Dionysus by focusing on questions, of agency, identity and community, psychological integrity and the modern constitution of the self. The course examines various manifestations of the ‘Dionysiac mode” in literature, anthropology, and music and historicizes the Apollonian-Dionysiac dichotomy as a modern configuration and constitution of the tension between rationality/law and emotion/chaos, its cultural manifestations as the antithesis of the Enlightenment and Romanticism as well as 20th century variations of the same themes in psychoanalysis, surrealism, and magical realism.
Surveillance, Paranoia and the Modern State, George Syrimis
LITR 347/MGRK 234
Friday, 1:30-3:20
The seminar examines the cultural and artistic reaction to the collection and control of information and the tension that arises between these practices and liberal claims to privacy rights. The course will focus primarily on literary and cinematic works whose main topic is the control of information as it is manifested in the technologies of behaviorism, the political and economic regimes of totalitarianism, liberal democracy and corporate capitalism, as well as in more theoretical speculation about the relationship between writers and authors and spectators and their objects. Though the contemporary experience is the contested arena for this debate, the majority of texts and films addressing this issue also project it onto a dystopian future. The promise of the information revolution for free and unlimited access to information harkens back to the Enlightenment’s promise of human liberation from obscurantism. Nevertheless, the art of modernity suggests that lurking behind this utopia is a state of paranoia, purposely manufactured to monitor, eliminate and ultimately forestall dissent.
Comparative Populism, Paris Aslanidis
MGRK 235/ PLSC 386
Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00-2.15
Populism is a trending political term in Europe and the Americas, employed to denote a wide spectrum of political phenomena, originating from both right and left. The course will disambiguate this interesting concept and help students identify its presence and intensity in the political field by use of a mixture of methodological approaches. Significant current and historical instances of populist politics across Europe and the Americas will be studied comparatively, from the US Populist Party to Argentina’s Peron and Greece’s SYRIZA. Students will be given the opportunity to acquaint themselves with the distinctive nature of populist discourse through textual as well as video material. Moreover, populism’s relationship with (liberal) democracy will be analyzed and their compatibility debated.
Eurozone Crises, Paris Aslanidis
MGRK 236/PLSC 138
Wednesday 2:30-4:20
The United States of America managed to survive the Lehman Brothers collapse that sent shockwaves around the globe in 2008. However, Europe is still struggling with the grave repercussions of the Great Recession and the sovereign debt crisis that strangles its economy. This course sheds light on the many facets of the Eurozone crisis and focuses debate on its impact on countries such as Portugal, Ireland, Spain, and, especially, Greece. It discusses this topic within the general framework of the feasibility of the Euro as a viable common currency area. Employing a political economy perspective, students will learn why and how the Eurozone crisis erupted and spread, who are the main actors of the drama, and whether this catastrophe could have been averted.
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