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Greek and World Theatre: Drama, Performance, Education

DARAKLITSA ELINA

Daraklitsa

Assistant Professor

Office 912, 9th floor, School of Philosophy

Phone: 210-7277928

 

E-mail: edaraklitsa@theatre.uoa.gr

 

Elina Daraklitsa is Assistant Professor of International Theatre and Drama at the Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is a graduate with honours from the Department of Arts, Music and Theatre (Discipline dell'Arte, di Musica e dello Spettacolo) of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Bologna, Italy and holds a PhD from the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Peloponnese. She also did her postdoctoral research at the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Patras. Her forty-nine studies have been published in academic journals and edited volumes in Greece and abroad on the history, drama, visual arts and aesthetics of European and American theatre, with emphasis on Italian theatre and its relations with Greek theatre. She has written eighteen books and she has received many international distinctions and awards for her scientific and artistic work (f.e. award from Unesco for the promotion of Greek literature and arts in Europe and the Luigi Pirandello Prize).

 

Ιndicatively some of her most important monographs and publications are:

  1. Paolo Bosisio-Elina Daraklitsa, The theatre of the West. Elements of dramaturgy, directing, and theatrical space history, Polytropon Editions, Athens 2024.
  2. The masks of commedia dell'arte. Its influence from the ancient Greek and Roman theater, Otan Editions, Athens 2023.
  3. 3.1 La drammaturgia del teatro documento in America nel XX e XXI secolo, Edizioni Academiche Italiane, Saarbrücken, Germany 2021, ISBN, 978-620-0-83984-8.
    This monograph has been translated into 6 European languages and published by 7 publishing houses in 6 European countries.
    3.2 A dramaturgia do teatro de documentos na América nos séculos X e XXI, Edições Nosso Conhecimento, 2021. ISBN: 978-620-4-03161-3.
    3.3 Die Dramaturgie des dokumententheaters in Amerika, Verlag Unser Wissen 2021, ISBN: 978-620-4-03156-9.
    3.4 La dramaturgia del teatro documento en América en los siglos XX y XXI, Ediciones Nuestro Conocimento 2021, ISBN: 978-620-4-03158-3.
    3.5 La dramaturgie du théâtre documentaire en Amérique aux 20e et 21e siècles, Editions Notre Savoir, 2021. ISBN : 978-620-4-03159-0.
    3.6 The dramaturgy of document theatre in America in the 20th and 21st centuries, Our Knowledge Publishing 2021, ISBN: 978-620-4-03157-6.
    3.7 Драматургия документального театра в Америке B 20 и 21 векax, Sciencia Scripts 2021. ISBN: 978-620-4-03160-6.
  4. Percorsi di storiografia teatrale neoellenica (1901-2000). Il Teatro Nazionale di Atene e la drammaturgia, Edizioni Academiche Italiane, Saarbrücken, Germany 2020. ISBN: 978-620-0-83891-9.
  5. Interazioni teatrali italoelleniche. Saggi sulla drammaturgia e lo spazio scenico, Edizioni Academiche Italiane, Saarbrücken, Germany 2019. ISBN: 978-3-330-78155-9.
  6. Art and theatre in the contemporary Greece and Cyprus, Editions of Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus 2019.
  7. Art and contestation in contemporary Italy (1909-2017), Polytropon Editions, Athens 2018.
  8. The Perspective sceneryin theEuropeantheatre of 20 century, Polytropon Editions, Athens 2018.
  9. Carlo Gozzi’s theatre. The delineation of the long route of tale-drama from the venetian scenes of 18th century to the European opera of 21st century, Polytropon Editions, Athens 2017.
  10. The reception of the Italian dramaturgy of the 20th century in Greece during the period 1900-1940, Polytropon Editions, Athens 2016. Book nominated for the award: “Premio Nazionale di Teatro Luigi Pirandello. Edizione XXI” in the category: Historical-Critical Essay.
  11. «The symbolisms and dramaturgic notions in The Trojan Women under Jean Paul Sartre’s political and philosophical view»,Proceedings of 9th SWS International Scientific Conference on Arts and Humanities (ISCAH 2022) Extended Sessions “Wen science meets art”. SWS Vienna Art Scientific Sessions, Vienna, 7-9 December 2022, vol. 9, n. 1, pp. 17-24. ISSN 2682-9940, DOI 10.35603/sws.iscah.2022/s03.02,ISBN 978-3-903438-05-7
  12.  «The mask in commedia dell’arte and ancient Greek comedy. A comparative and historical approach, with emphasis on the methodology of acting», inActs ofInternational CongressArt & Humanities Scientific Conference in Florence, The magic of the Renaissance, 26-27 October 2020, December 2020, pp. 81-90. 

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