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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