Erato Basea

D.Phil. Candidate in European Literature (Modern Greek)

St Cross College
Department of Modern and Medieval Languages
University of Oxford

Degrees

M.St. 2006 University of Oxford (European Literature- Modern Greek)
BA 2005 University of Athens (Classics) )

Thesis Title: Literature and the Greek Auteur

In my dissertation, I look at the so-called Greek cinéma d' auteur in its sociohistorical and national context. I particularly focus on the role of literature in the work of major Greek auteurs.

Principal Presentations

15 June 2007
“Vizyenos Adapted: Georgios Vizyenos in Contemporary Greek Cinema, Literature and Theatre”
(The 3rd Hellenic Observatory PhD Symposium. Contemporary Greece: Structures, Context and Challenges, 14 -15 June 2007); for more see the pdf →

5 July 2007
“Vizyenos Adapted: His Place in Contemporary Greek Cinema, Literature and Theatre”
(Graduate Research Colloquium in Modern Greek Studies, King's College, London & SCOMGIU); for more see →

24 May 2008
“Greek Literature In/Constructing New Greek Cinema (1969-1989)” (Greek Cinema: Texts, Histories, Identities, Liverpool 23-24 May, LJMU); for more see the pdf →

18 June 2008
“Greek Literature and New Greek Cinema (1969-1989)” (Graduate Research Colloquium in Modern Greek Studies, University of Cambridge & SCOMGIU)