Consider this course as Ariadne’s thread through Crete's cultural treasures: discover the island's history from the 3rd millennium BCE, with large cities-palaces Knossos, Malia and Phaistos, where archaeologists found amazing Bull-leaper and Snake Goddess figurines. Read or maybe listen to the mysterious notes on the Phaistos Disc. Visit Lychonostatis Open Air Museum to get familiar with traditional Cretan life. Go around the island for numerous magnificent beaches, café, and festivals. Whether you are going to stay in Sydney, visit Crete or have been there many times, this course will give you a profound understanding of Crete's unique cultural heritage and today’s life.

DELIVERY MODE

• Hybrid (F2F & Online simultaneously)

SUGGESTED READING

• Theocharis E. Detorakis. History of Crete. Iraklio Crete, 2015.
• George Tzorakis. Knossos. Athens, Hesperos Edition, 2008.
• Costis Davaras. Phaistos. Hagia Triada. Gortyn. Athens, Hannibal Publishing House, 2016.
• Nikos Kazantzakis. Zorba the Greek.
• Victoria Hislop. The Island.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Idealistic scenery by Jean Jacques Rousseau.
• Byron, Polidori and Shelleys’ summer, 1816, in Villa Diodati and travels by Switzerland.
• Reichenbach Falls in The Final Problem by A.C. Doyle.
• The Devil’s Bridge by H.W. Longfellow.
• Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich: Dadaistic performances and coffee breaks for Vladimir Lenin.
• James Joyce in Zurich.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Know the names of the writers who lived and worked in Switzerland
2. Know their texts inspired by/written in Switzerland
3. Know the particular places associated with the history of literature and understand where these places are on the map of Switzerland