Language and Literature

One of the most dynamic and productive research sections of the Institute of Mediterranean Studies is that of Language-Literature. For about fifteen years, within the framework of the activities of the Language-Literature section, four research projects have been carried out (Archive of Modern Greek Prosody, Archive of Greek Prose 1830-1880, Bibliographical Guide to the Poems of Giorgos Seferis, Koraïs as a classical philologist), whereas a further two projects are currently under way (Archive of Modern Greek Prosody: The romantic ballad, Poetical texts of the revival of ancient metres in the 19th century).The purpose of both the completed projects and on-going projects is on the one hand to fill basic infrastructure gaps in the study Modern Greek Literature (19th and 20th century), by locating reproducing and archiving primary material, and on the other hand to orientate academic literary research towards the important fields which as yet have not stimulated interest to the degree that they ought (e.g. study of prosody). The main products of the Language-Literature projects are two archives (Archive of Modern Greek Prosody, Archive of Greek Prose 1830-1880) and a bibliographical guide (to the poems of Giorgos Seferis), which are today in the Institute of Mediterranean Studies, as well as a considerable number of books and dozens of studies, which those in charge of the projects either wrote or edited.