King's College London, BA (Hons), Turkish and Modern Greek Studies

Year 1: Turkish language and/or modern Greek language; plus options from: the emergence and development of modern Greece; introduction to modern Greek poetry; introduction to modern Greek fiction; from late antiquity to Byzantium; Greece between East and West (since 1800); intensive Turkish language; intermediate modern Turkish language; advanced modern Turkish language (only for students who can not go abroad in year 3); Ottoman Turkish language; early Ottoman literature; classical Ottoman literature; literature of the Tanzimat and the late nineteenth century; twentieth-century Turkish literature 1 and 2; Turkish folk literature; advanced Turkish/English/Turkish translation; history and development of the Turkish language; independent study project in Turkish literature (ISP); aspects of Turkish culture; elementary written Turkish (a non-intensive 'floater' course for students enrolled on other degrees); reform, resistance and revolution: the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1909; the Middle East 1250-1800; emergence of the Ottoman state to 1481. Year 2: Turkish language and/or modern Greek language; plus options including: Cavafy, Seferis, Ritsos; novels of Nikos Kazantzakis; the Byzantine saint; describing Constantinople; history of the Byzantine Empire AD 641-1055; history of the Byzantine Empire AD 1055-1453; Greece and the end of Megali idea, 1908-1923; Greece from 1952-1990s; Greek society and politics, 1922-1950; language, discourse and style in modern Greek; literature and nation 1: the making of modern Greece; literature and nation 2: Greece and Europe since 1922; modern Greek varieties and sociolinguistics; state-making and nation-building in Greece, c1780-1909. Year 3: spent abroad. Year 4: Options including: modern Greek language; dissertation; modern Greek poetry and folk tradition; Greek romanticism: Solomos, Klavos, Palamas; Cretan renaissance drama; the Byzantine saint; describing Constantinople; history of the Byzantine Empire AD 641-1055; history of the Byzantine Empire AD 1055-1453; Greece and the end of Megali idea, 1908-1923; Greece from 1952-1990s; Greek society and politics, 1922-1950; language, discourse and style in modern Greek; literature and nation 1: the making of modern Greece; literature and nation 2: Greece and Europe since 1922; modern Greek varieties and sociolinguistics; state-making and nation-building in Greece, c1780 -1909.