MGSA Survey of University Faculty and Administrators
Dr. Rick M. Newton
Professor, Chairperson
Kent
State University
Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies
I. Degrees
Ph.D. 1975 University
of Michigan (Classics)
M.A. 1972 University of Michigan
(Classics)
II. Areas of Specialization
Ancient Greek Epic and Tragedy
Modern Greek Poetry
Greek Literary Translation
III. Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies
Elementary Modern Greek I and II
Intermediate Modern Greek I and II
IV. Principal Publications (Greek words are given in transliteration)
Guest Editor, The Charioteer 41-42
(2003-04): The Poetry of Stratis
Pascalis (selected and translated by David Connolly and Rick M. Newton)
Elizabeth Constantinides Memorial Translation Prize
(MGSA) for translation of Ismene Kapandais’ Floria of the Waters (2002).
“Yannis Ritsos: Poet of Romiosini,” Journal
of Modern Hellenism 17-18 (2001) 69-90.
“Odysseus and Melanthius,” Greek, Roman and
Byzantine Studies 38 (1998) 1-18.
“Cloak and Shield in Odyssey 14,” Classical
Journal 93 (1997-98) 143-156.
Yannis Ritsos, 3 x 111 Tristichs, translated,
with an introduction (Pella, New York 1990).
"Homer and the Death of Kazantzakis' Odysseus," Classical
and Modern Literature 9 (1989) 327-338.
"Yannis Ritsos' Annihilation of Melos,"
Charioteer 29-30 (1987-88): 168-193.
"The Epitaphios of Yannis Ritsos," translated, with an
introduction. Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora 13 (1986) 102-142.
"The Rebirth of Odysseus," Greek, Roman, and Byzantine
Studies 25 (1984) 5-20.
V. Office Address
Kent State
University
Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies
109 Satterfield Hall
Kent, OH 44242
Office Telephone (F)=Fax
(330) 672-2150
(330) 672-4009 (F)
Electronic Address
[email protected]
VI. Home Address
1106 Oakwood Drive
Kent, OH 44240
Home Telephone (F)=Fax
(330) 678-3089
VII. Comments and Additional Information
(no information submitted)
Last revised June 7, 2004
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