Dr. Anna Stavrakopoulou
Lecturer
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Department of Drama
Degrees
Ph.D. 1994 Harvard University
M.A. 1992 Harvard University
D.E.A. 1986 Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle
B.A. 1985 University of Crete
Principal Publications
Books
Modern Greek Literature: Critical Essays; co-editor with Gregory Nagy (Routledge: New York, 2003).
Articles
“Mise Kozis: Multi-ethnic Night Strolls in Ottoman Constantinople”, forthcoming in festschrift for Professor Dimitris Spathis (fall 2005). [article in Greek]
"Marriage: Recomposing a Ritual in Shadow Theater Performances" in D. Yatromanolakis and P. Roilos (eds.), Greek Ritual Poetics, Cambridge Mass., (2005).
“Moliere and Karaghiozis: The Doctor in Spite of Himself and its luck in the Greek Shadow Theatre” in Acta of 2nd Panhellenic Theater Conference: the influences of European Theater in the Neohellenic Theater, ed. Konstantza Georgakaki. Ergo, 2004, 281-289. [article in Greek]
"'Returning from Greece:' Journey and Homecoming in two contemporary Greek novels" in Modern Greek Literature: Critical Essays (Routledge, 2003).
"Tradition and Innovation: the puppeteer Dinos Theodoropoulos in Patras of the 1930's" in Acta of 1st Panhellenic Theater Conference: Greek Theater from 17th to 20th century, ed. Iossif Vivilakis. Ergo, 2002, 263-274. [article in Greek]
"The contribution of the Whitman/Rinvolucri collection to the study of Greek Shadow Theater" [article in Greek] in Kathimerini, 1/3/1999.
"Paul Auster: Idealizing Solitude" [article in Greek]. In Reumata 18, 62-67 (March-April 1994).
"Karaghiozis: Interviewing the Artists", in Laografia, vol. 10, issue 3, 7-12 (May-June 1993).
Translations
Greek Shadow Theatre: Light and History, Hellenic Historical and Research Archive (E.L.I.A.); exhibition catalogue (176p. texts+illustation captions), February 2004 (from Greek into English).
Margaret Alexiou, "Not with words alone: ritual approaches to Greek literature," Themata Logotechnias, 23, May-August 2003, 101-133 (from English into Greek).
