Susan Matthias

Ph.D. Student

            New York University

            Department of Comparative Literature

I. Degrees

Ph.D. expected 2006 New York University (Comparative Literature)

M.A. 2000 New York University (Comparative Literature)

M.A. Boston University (English)

B.A. Vassar College (English)

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II. Areas of Specialization

Greek Novel

First-Person Narration

Diary Novel and Artist’s Novel

Translation Theory

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III.  Principal Publications

Articles:          “The Personal Language Question Of Georgios Vizyenos.” In Modern Greek Studies Yearbook (University of Minnesota), Volume 16/17 (2000/2001), 501-505.

“Byron’s Giaour and its Paratexts.”  In Byron: A Poet for All Seasons (Proceedings of the 25^th International Byron Conference, September 1-8, 1999, Messolonghi, Greece), 98-108.

                        “Restoring the Prologue to the English Edition of Βίος και πολιτεία του

Αλέξη Ζορμπά (alias Zorba the Greek): Recreating a Work in Progress.”

Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Volume 16, Number 2 (October 1998), 221-240.

Book Review:     Review of On Translation by Edmund Keeley, Journal of   

                            Modern Greek Studies Volume 20, Number 1 (May 2002), 155-157.

Translations:   “Why the Apple Tree Did Not Become the Apple-Bearing Tree,” a previously untranslated story by Georgios Vizyenos, Modern Greek Studies Yearbook (University of Minnesota), Volume 16/17 (2000/2001), 507-511.

 “The First of May,” a previously untranslated story by Georgios Vizyenos. Volume 7 (2000), Dialogos: Hellenic Studies Review (King’s College London), 155-167.

“The Time for Poetry,” an essay on Solomos by George Theotokas.  Greece in Print: A Journal of Greek Literature and Culture, No. 151, (November 2000), 19.    

Prologue to Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis. Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Volume 16, Number 2 (October 1998), 241-245. 

“Cavafy’s Ithaka,” an essay by George Seferis. Conjunctions:31 (Fall 1998), 88-93.

“Twenty-four Hours for Always, ” a poem by Odysseas Elytis

(from Εν Λευκώ).  Harvard Review, Number 10 (Spring 1996), 30-33.

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IV. Office Address

Department of Comparative Literature

19 University Place, 3^rd Floor

New York, NY 10003

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V. Home Address

11 Riverside Drive, #5W-E

New York, NY 10023

Telephone: (212) 595-6719

            E-Mail: [email protected]

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VI. Dissertation Topic

Translation, with scholarly introduction and notes, of a twentieth century Greek novel.

Last revised October 31, 2005

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