Here is a unique opportunity to study Modern Greek language and culture within a wider context, with no previous knowledge of the language. It explores the relationship of Greece to Antiquity and Byzantium and studies Greek history within the context of the Balkan and East Mediterranean worlds. In the first two years the emphasis is on developing the necessary linguistic skills through systematic study of the language and the imaginative use of audio-visual material. There is a wide range of courses on modern Greek history and culture, the anthropology of Greece, the Greek novel in film, Byzantine art and Balkan history. A variety of literary courses is also available, promoting intensive reading of the finest and most representative literary texts from the 12th century to the present.
Assessment is by examination and assessed essays throughout the programme.
It is also possible to make some substantial study of Ancient Greek, at beginners' or advanced level, and of Ancient Greek civilisation within the Single Honours Modern Greek programme. Joint Honours Modern Greek, taught within the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, may be studied as a subject in Joint Honours with no previous knowledge of the language. The programme introduces you to the language, literature and culture of contemporary Greece, and provides the historical background to their evolution.