About this course

• Various forms that modern Greek poetry has developed over time (from the early 19th century to today), different stylistic trends, and its continuous need for renewal and testing the limits of form and expression.
• The fifteen-syllable verse in folk songs and refined personal poetry.
• The eleven-syllable and thirteen-syllable meters in refined personal poetry.
• The sonnet (Mavilis, Palamas).
• Liberated verse (1880-1930 – Palamas, Cavafy).
• Haiku (from the Generation of the 1930s onwards).
• Free verse (from the Generation of the 1930s onwards).
• Prose poetry (from the Generation of the 1930s onwards).
• Basic songwriting techniques from the early 19th century to today.
• Greek and foreign lyricists.
• Setting lyrics to melody and composition.
• Analysis of Greek stylistic approaches.
• Transforming a text into a song.
• Lyrics in different musical genres.