Greek Studies, Dimitris Tziovas (Ελληνικές σπουδές, Τζιόβα Δημήτρη)

On Greek Studies (article in Greek)

"One of my aims in teaching and research is to test Lawrence Durrell’s claim that studying Greece and its culture allows you to discover yourself".

Some Publications

Books

Από τον Λυρισμό στον Μοντερνισμό: Πρόσληψη, Ρητορική και Ιστορία στη Νεοελληνική Ποίηση [From Lyricism to Modernism: Reception, Rhetoric and History in Modern Greek Poetry], Athens: Nefeli 2005.

Kοσμοπολίτες και Aποσυνάγωγοι: Mελέτες για την ελληνική πεζογραφία και κριτική (1830-1930), [Cosmopolitans and Outcasts: Studies in Greek fiction and criticism (1830-1930)], Athens: Metaihmio 2003

The Other Self: Selfhood and Society in Modern Greek Fiction, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books 2003.

Το Παλίμψηστο της Ελληνικής Αφήγησης: Από την αφηγηματολογία στη διαλογικότητα [The Palimpsest of Greek Narrative: From Narratology to Dialogism], Athens: Odysseas 1993, second edition 2002.

Οι μεταμορφώσεις του εθνισμού και το ιδεολόγημα της ελληνικότητας στο μεσοπόλεμο [The transformations of nationism and the ideology of Greekness in the inter-war period], Athens: Odysseas 1989, pp.170, second edition 2002.

Μετά την Αισθητική: Θεωρητικές δοκιμές και ερμηνευτικές αναγνώσεις της νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας [Beyond Aesthetics: Theoretical essays and interpretative approaches to modern Greek literature], Athens: Gnose 1987, second edition Odysseas 2003.

Edited Books

Greek Diaspora and Migration since 1700, Farnham: Ashgate 2009.

George Theotokas: 100 years since his birth, Athens: National Book Centre of Creece 2005.

Edition with an introduction of George Theotokas's Τετράδια Ημερολογίου 1939-1954 [Diary Notebooks 1939-1954], Athens: Estia 1987, second edition 1988, third revised edition 2005.

Greece and the Balkans: Identities, Perceptions and Cultural Encounters since the Enlightenment, Aldershot: Ashgate 2003.

Introduction and editing of the translation of Susan Bassnett's Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction, Athens: Patakis 2000.

Edition with an extensive introduction of Alexandros Rizos Rangkavis Διηγήματα, Athens: Ouranis Foundation Series 1999, vol. 1 & 2.

General Editor of Birmingham Modern Greek Translations

Michel Faïs, From the Same Glass and Other Stories, trans. Jane Nisselson Assimakopoulos, 2007.

Kostas Karyotakis, Battered Guitars: Poems and Prose, trans. William W. Reader & Keith Taylor, 2006.

Menis Koumandareas, Their Smell Makes me Want to Cry, trans. Patricia Felisa Barbeito & Vangelis Calotychos 2004.

Introduction in Sotiris Dimitriou, May Your Name Be Blessed trans. Leo Marshall 2000. This translation won the Hellenic Foundation for Culture Translation Award in 2002.

Introduction in Stratis Doukas's, A Prisoner of War's Story, trans. Petro Alexiou 1999.

Preface in Haris Vlavianos's collection of poetry, Adieu, trans. David Connolly, 1998.

Introduction in Dimitris Hatzis's The End of Our Small Town, trans. David Vere 1995.