Course : Η ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΣΤΗ ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗ ΑΓΓΛΟΦΩΝΗ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΑ (Χ 2024-25)Ζ ΕΞ Greece in Contemporary Anglophone Literature

The Return to Myth: Durrell’s Islomania/Cretomania

Durrell, Lawrence. The Dark Labyrinth (1961; First Published as Cefalû in 1947) London: Faber and Faber, 2001.

Part II: Chapters 8-14 (143-243)

Secondary Readings:

Momigliano, Nicoletta. “Introduction: Cretomania – Desiring the Minoan Past in the Present,” Cretomania. Modern Desires for the Minoan Past, edited by Nicoletta Momigliano and Alexandre Farnoux, London and New York: Routledge, British School at Athens, École Française d’ Athènes, 2017, 1-13.

Beaton, Roderick. “Minoans and The Postmodern Critique of National History: Two Novels by Rhea Galanaki,” Cretomania. Modern Desires for the Minoan Past, edited by Nicoletta Momigliano and Alexandre Farnoux, London and New York: Routledge, British School at Athens, École Française d’ Athènes, 2017, 173-179.

Links:

“The Minotaur” Trailer - The Royal Opera (Royal Ballet and Opera, Composer: Harrison Birtwistle, Libretto: David Harsent, 2008, London):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5VtNjaS8x0&list=PLFEuShFvJzBxR9y2bIHjXIP2lkl3TYoqc

“‘The Minotaur’: The Myth” (Royal Ballet and Opera, Composer: Harrison Birtwistle, Libretto: David Harsent, 2008, London):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-w3M_aqWBw