The term Heptanese school of literature (Greek: Επτανησιακή Σχολή,
lit.'school of the
Seven Islands'; also known as the Ionian school) denotes the literary production of the Ionian Islands' literature figures from the late 18th century till the end of the 19th century. The center of this production is considered to be the poet
Dionysios Solomos, so its periods are conventionally divided as follows: Pre-Solomian poets (Προσολωμικοί ποιητές), Solomian poets, Post-Solomian poets, minors and descendants.
General traits
Some general traits of the Ionian style were:
the use of
Dimotiki instead of
Katharevousa (with some exceptions, mainly Kalvos),
the manifest influence that the contemporary
Italian poets had in its thematology, that is regarding the depiction of real-life scenes,
Beaton, Roderick. "An Introduction to Modern Greek Literature", Oxford University Press, USA, 1999.
Πολίτης Λ., "Ιστορία της Νεοελληνικής Λογοτεχνίας" (History of Modern Greek Literature), XI ed., ed. Μ.Ι.Ε.Τ. (National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation), Athens, 2001. (in Greek)