MGSA Survey of University Faculty and Administrators
Dr. Constance V. Tagopoulos
Assistant Professor and Coordinator
Queens
College, City University of New York
Department of European Languages and Literatures
I. Degrees
Ph.D. 1996 in Comparative Literature
Dissertation in Comparative Literature
II. Areas of Specialization
European and Greek Prose and Poetry (Classical and Modern)
The Epic Tradition (Classical and Modern, European and Greek)
James Joyce
Modern Greek Language and Culture
III. Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies
Modern
Greek courses include:
Survey of Modern Greek Literature I: Eighteenth Century to
1880
Survey of Modern Greek Literature II: 1880 to 1930
Survey of Modern Greek Literature III: 1930 to Present
Sixteen Century Cypriot and Cretan Poetry
Modern Greek Literature in Translation
Modern Greek Culture and Civilization
Modern Greek Translation
Modern Greek Language Courses (four levels)
Modern Greek Poets
Literature of Protest and Wartime
Courses
with a strong Greek component co-listed with Comparative Literature:
The Ulysses Theme
Memory and Love in Plato, Joyce, and Seferis
Women, Phantoms, and Barbarians: The Discourse of Denial
Great Books I (from antiquity to the Middle Ages)
Great Books II (from the Middle Ages to today)
IV. Principal Publications (Greek words are given in transliteration)
"Joyce and Homer: Return, Disguise, and Recognition in
'Ithaca'". In
Joyce in Context. Vincent J.
Cheng and Timothy Martin, eds. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press, 1992.
“Nature, Love and the Rhetoric of Justice
in Modern Greek Literature.” Journal
of Modern Hellenism, Nos. 12-13, 1995-1996.
The Future of the Greek Language and Culture in the United
States: Survival in the Diaspora.. A
Report from the Archbishop's Commission on Greek Language and Hellenic Culture.
New York: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, 1999 (co-authored).
A Century of Greek
Poetry: 1900-2000. Ed. By Peter Bien, Peter
Constantine, Edmund Keeley, Karen Van Dyck. Athens, 2004. Bilingual. (Includes five poems and two
translations).
"Scapegoating and the
Barbarization of the Female in the Discourse of Greek Culture," Classical Bulletin, upcoming.
V. Office Address
Queens College, City University of New York
Department of European Languages and Literatures, King Hall 207
15-30 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367
Office Telephone (F)=Fax
(718) 997-5980 (Department Off.)
(718) 997-5072 (F)
(718) 997-5581 (Off.)
Electronic Address
VI. Home Address
17-85 215 St., Apt. 11J
Bayside, N.Y 11360
Home Telephone (F)=Fax
(718) 423-7299
(718) 428-3832 (F)
VII. Comments and Additional Information
Holds a B.A. in
Comparative Literature and Psychology from Fordham University and a Ph.D. in
Comparative Literature from CUNY, Graduate Center. Has
taught at New York University and Fordham and at several departments and
Programs at Queens College. Her conference presentations range from
classical and modern Greek literature to the modernists. Has given over twenty
radio and TV interviews on issues related to Greek literature and education;
speaks, reads, writes in Greek, English, French, Spanish, and Italian and is
the recipient of several honors and awards, among which "The President's
Award for Excellence in Teaching for Adjunct Faculty" (Queens College,
1996). She serves on a number of College and Departmental Committees and her
Community service includes membership to "The Archbishop's Commission on
Education and Hellenic Culture." Founding member of the
New York Branch of the Societé Internationale
Les Amis de Nikos Kazantzakis. Presently working on
a book-length study: The Poetics of Time. Born in Athens, Greece, and living in New
York since 1965.
Last updated 5/20/04
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