Universiteit Gent
Blandijnberg 2
9000 Gent
Belgium
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Areas of Specialization
Digenis Akritis
Intertextuality
Conventions of genre
Dissertation/Thesis working title and topic
"A literary analysis of Digenis Akritis according to the Grottaferrata version" In this dissertation, I attempt to compare the protagonist of this text to one text-internal model of behaviour, namely his father, and two intertextual ones: a saint and a novelistic hero. The final scope is a reconsideration of the protagonist’s heroic status.
Mieke Penninck
Ph.D. Student
Ghent University (Belgium)
Department of Greek
Degrees
M.A. 2003 Ghent University (Literary Studies)
M.A. 2001 Ghent University (Classics)
B.A. 1999 Ghent University (Classics)
Principal Presentations and Publications
“Two heroes, two lives in the Grottaferrata Digenes Akrites” to appear in Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies.
“Irony in the Grottaferrata Digenis Akritis”, Presentation at the conference ‘Neograeci Medii Aevi VI: Proimi neoelliniki dimodis grammateia, glossa, paradosi kai poiitiki’, Ioannina 28 september – 2 october 2005.
“Ambiguous liminality. The case of the saint and the daughter of Aplorravdis (Digenis Akritis, Grottaferrata V)” Presentation at the Modern Greek Studies Association Symposium, Chicago, November 2005.