Королевский колледж, 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.

Some modules are offered in conjunction with the School of Oriental and African Studies; the 3rd year is normally spent abroad, divided equally between Greece or Cyprus and Turkey, at one of our partner Universities (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University of Cyprus, Bog'aziçi University in Istanbul and the University of Ankara).