Modern Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek language from the 11th century, with texts written in a language that is more familiar to the ears of Greeks today than is the language of the early Byzantine literature, the compilers of the New Testament, or, of course, the classical authors of the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
Read more about Modern Greek Literature: The Emergence of Modern Greek Literature (11th - 15th Century), Cretan Literature (15th - 17th Centuries), Enlightenment Era (17th Century - 1821), 19th Century Literature (1821 - 1880)
Famous quotes containing the words modern, greek and/or literature:
“The course of modern learning leads from humanism via nationalism to bestiality.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“Make room, Roman writers, make room for Greek writers; something greater than the Iliad is born.”
—Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)
“No state can build
A literature that shall at once be sound
And sad on a foundation of well-being.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)