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Myrsiades, Kostas Yannis was born on May 21, 1940 in Vourliotes, Samos, Greece. Came to the United States, 1948. Son of John and Mary (Lagos) Myrsiades.
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Margins in the Classroom was first published in 1994. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. For today's teacher of literature, facing a minefield of politics and theory, this book arrives as a much needed guide through the multiplying cultural anxieties of the college classroom. Margins in the Classroom brings together established scholars and emerging voices from diverse backgrounds to show how politics and theory can and do affect the most pressing problems confronting the contemporary teacher of literature. The essays in this volume go beyond questioning and examining existing practices to suggest fresh approaches to teaching the expanding literary canon within the context of the politics of the educational institution. Grounded in literary criticism, psychoanalysis, feminist theory, political economy, sociology, and philosophy, these essays apply new theoretical models to the traditional canon, identify new bodies of literature, and show how theory can be used to analyze these new literatures. Focusing on the politics of teaching and theory in the classroom, the authors explore the present practice and future implications of changing textual analysis, literary theory, and pedagogy. Their essays address the politics of literature as it affects the classroom, the design of courses, and the creation of new courses. They mold theory to the variety of classroom populations and materials the teacher of literature encounters today. The resulting volume bridges the differences between the languages of the classroom instructor and the contemporary theorist. Margins in the Classroom is unique in both the breadth and the depth of its concern over the disturbing, if electric, impact of changes in criticism, theory, and pedagogy in college literature classes as we approach the next century of academic instruction. Kostas Myrsiades is professor of comparative literature, and Linda S. Myrsiades is professor of English, both at West Chester University. Kostas Myrsiades is editor of College Literature, where Linda S. Myrsiades is an associate editor.
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(A poetic memoir in which mythic figures ascend from funer...)
A poetic memoir in which mythic figures ascend from funeral spaces to stroll the village streets and descend again to light their darkened realms, of saints in wooden casings stern above the bedsheets of shuttered homes, of wrinkled men whose vineyards suck their life's wine, of wine-stained easrth and sun-dyed thighs, of returning home and leaving, again and again.
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(Traces the history of Greek resistance theatre which bega...)
Traces the history of Greek resistance theatre which began under Nazi occupation.
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Karagiozis―a form of comic folk drama employing stock puppet figures―was immensely popular in Greece until recent years, when newer forms of entertainment have virtually eclipsed it. Derived from ancient Byzantine and Greek sources, it takes its name from the principal puppet character, the clever, humpbacked fool-hero Karagiozis, who appears in many guises, surrounded by a cast of folk caricatures from all walks of life. Kostas and Linda Myrsiades present here a tripartite view of Karagiozis: a translation of a typical text taken directly from a live performance; interviews with one of the last master Karagiozis puppeteers; and an analysis of the place of this indigenous genre in Greek life and culture. The first part of the book examines critical issues concerning the context of Karagiozis performance: its place as an expression of an unofficial social world, as a gender statement that reveals the split vision of its culture, as an expression of a pluralistic society, and as an indigenous event shaped by economic, geographic, political, and social forces. The second portion offers insights from interviews with Giorgos Haridimos, until his retirement Greece's preemi-nent Karagiozis player, and a translation of his classic text "Karagiozis Baker" reflecting an actual performance by Haridimos. Through novel verbal and typographic devices, Kostas Myrsiades succeeds in preserving the full flavor of his oral source―its rhythms and intonations, its linguistic nuances, and even audience reactions―to convey the actual experience of the theatergoer. This unique translation thus establishes a model for collecting and disseminating oral theatrical tradition. Folklorists, cultural historians, and students of theater will appreciate this introduction to an ancient but little known folkloric form.
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A decade of budgetary, policy, and ideological contention has left American universities under the yoke of narrow-minded management models. As corporate culture increasingly invades educational and other public sectors, we as a nation have lost a clear vision of the public good and the necessary components of a vital democracy. Prominent scholars in this book seek to redress these trends. They move boldly beyond critique to show how and why the critical functions of a democratically informed civic education (not merely professional training) must become the core of the university's mission. They show why higher education must address what it means to relate knowledge to public life, and social responsibility to the demands of critical citizenship. Moreover, they show why democratic forms of education and various elements of a critical pedagogy are vital not only to individual students, but also to our economy and our democratic institutions and future leadership. They also suggest how we can move beyond the stagnation of current debates to more fully embrace the democratic possibilities of public education.
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Myrsiades, Kostas Yannis was born on May 21, 1940 in Vourliotes, Samos, Greece. Came to the United States, 1948. Son of John and Mary (Lagos) Myrsiades.
Bachelor in English, Iowa University, 1963. Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, Indiana University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, Indiana University, 1972.
Certified in modern and classical Greek, University Athens, Greece, 1966.
Instructor English, Greek-American Cultural Institute, Athens, 1965-1966, 69;
assistant professor modern Greek, director Center for Hellenic Studies, Deree College, Athens, 1973-1974;
assistant Professor of English, West Chester (Pennsylvania) U., 1969-1973;
associate professor, West Chester (Pennsylvania) U., 1974-1977;
professor, West Chester (Pennsylvania) U., since 1977;
chair department English, West Chester (Pennsylvania) U., 1985-1990. Coordinator graduate English studies West Chester U., 1983-1985, coordinator comparative literature studies, since 1983, associate dean faculty of arts and science, 1982-1983, active numerous committees, since 1972. Conference organizer Balch Institute Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, 1985.
Participant Delaware Valley Faculty Exch. atU. Pennsylvania, 1984. Editorial consultant Centrum Philadelphia Public Company, 1981-1983, G.K.Hall, Boston, 1974-1981, New Jersey Department Higher Education. Greek examiner TempleU., Philadelphia, since 1977, U. Maryland., since 1978, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1980-1983.
Presenter numerous professional conferences, since 1969.
(A poetic memoir in which mythic figures ascend from funer...)
(Karagiozis―a form of comic folk drama employing stock pup...)
(A decade of budgetary, policy, and ideological contention...)
(Traces the history of Greek resistance theatre which bega...)
( Margins in the Classroom was first published in 1994. M...)
(Book by Linda S. Myrsiades, Kostas Myrsiades)
Member American Literature Translators Association, American Comparative Literature Association, Association of Departments of English, Association for Computers and the Humanities, Modern Language Association (honorarium since 1982), National Association Self-Instructional Programs, Modern Greek Studies Association, Association Pennsylvania State College and University Faculty (chairman committee of departmental chairs since 1986), English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities, Greek-Turkish University Alliance (co-director since 1984), Hellenic-American League of Philadelphia, Hellenic University Club of Philadelphia.
Married Linda Suny, June 6, 1965. Children: Yani, Leni.