Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Egnatia 122 – GR 546 22
Thessaloniki
GREECE
+30 2310 99 21 51
+30 2310 99 21 26 (F)
Areas of Specialization
Modern Greek Theatre
European Theatre
Oral Tradition
Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies
History of Modern Greek Theatre (16th-19th centuries)
Survey of Modern Greek Theatre 1821-1922 (Graduate)
Solomos - Poems and Prose Writings (Graduate)
Advanced Modern Greek I (Theotokas, Politis, Anagnostakis)
Advanced Modern Greek II (Iordanidou, Delta, Fakinou)
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).