Research Guides: Modern Greek Languages & Literature: Guide

Welcome to my Modern Greek guide

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This guide presents a selection of current books, journals and resources related to Modern Greek literature and language, from the Byzantine era to the present. Hello, my name is Alexandra de Luise, Bibliographer for Modern Greek language and literature. Please use the tabs on the left to get started doing research on Modern Greek language, literature and cultural studies here at Queens College. If you would like more assistance or are an instructor interested in a library session for your students, please contact me by using the information on the right sidebar. I am also available to chat with you most Mons-Fridays daytime hours, during this remote period.

Recent Books

Astoria : exile people places by Alexiou, Nicholas
Call Number: Level 5 PA5638.1.L486 A93 2013
Publication Date: 2013
"Although the Astoria section of New York has been considered the largest Hellenic settlement outside of Greece or Cyprus, it is striking that it has received relatively little attention by writers, artists, and social scientists. The present bilingual book of poems and images, both as a physical object and as a discursive project, is about a culturally neglected enclave in the midst of ethnic and social transformations...Poet and Diplomat Yiorgos Chouliaras states: “Alexiou’s poetry is strikingly visual and lyrically obsessive.”
Cyprus under British Colonial Rule by Christos P. Ioannides
Call Number: Level 4 (DS54.8 .I625 2019 )
ISBN: 9781498582025
Publication Date: 2018-12-06
This is a unique book that combines a political narrative with poetry to examine the role of culture and the fusion of religion and politics during the struggle against colonialism. The context is Britain's geopolitical interests in the Middle East. The author utilizes a vital cultural source echoing the authentic voice of the people, Cypriot folk poems, which has remained virtually unknown to the English reader until now. Translated into English, they are interwoven into the book's narrative to reflect the yearning for social justice and the political sentiments of the vast majority of the population, the peasants, in a rural society.
Retelling the past in contemporary Greek literature, film, and popular culture by Katsan, Gerasimus and Trine Stauning
Call Number: full text
ISBN: 1498563392
Publication Date: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2019
"Over the past thirty years, the representation of Greek history in literature, film, and popular culture has undergone significant change. This book investigates the ways in which history operates as a tool for contemporary storytellers in various genres to contemplate the meaning of the past and its implications for the future"--