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George Kovacs

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 07/23/2019 - 19:05
First Name
George
Last Name
Kovacs
Email
gakovacs@trentu.ca
Phone
705-748-1011 ext. 7355
Location
Lady Eaton College S106
Campus
Peterborough
Job Title
Assistant Professor
Job Designation
Director for the Classics Drama Group
Accreditation
B.A. (Trent), M.A. (Memorial), Ph.D. (Toronto)
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Professor George Kovacs
Home Department
English Literature
Program Affiliation
Ancient Greek and Roman Studies (Co-op Available)
Areas of Expertise
Ancient Greek Theatre and Stagecraft
Ancient Greek and Roman Epic
Classical Antiquity in Popular Culture - Comics, TV, Film
Greek and Roman Mythology
Publications
KOVACS, G. 2015. “Moral and Mortal in Star Trek: The Original Series,” in Classical Traditions in Science Fiction, eds. B. Rogers and B. Stevens (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
KOVACS, G. and C.W. Marshall, eds. 2015. Son of Classics and Comics.(Oxford: Oxford University Press).
KOVACS, G. 2014. “Performance,” “Actors and Acting,” “Actors’ Interpolations,” and “Reception of Euripides,” in The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Greek Tragedy, ed. H. Roismann (Malden: Wiley Blackwell).
KOVACS, G. 2013. “Truth, Justice, and the Spartan Way: Freedom and Democracy in Frank Miller’s 300,” in Classics in the Modern World: A Democratic Turn? eds. L. Hardwick and S. Harrison (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
KOVACS, G. 2013. “Stringed Instruments in Fifth-Century Drama,” in Performance in Greek and Roman Tragedy, eds. G. Harrison and V. Liapis (Leiden: E.J. Brill), 477-499.
KOVACS, G. 2012. “Iphigenia at Aulis,” and “Wasps,” in The Literary Encyclopedia, ed. J. Burgess [www.litencyc.com].
Marshall, C.W. and G. KOVACS, eds. 2012. No Laughing Matter: Studies in Athenian Comedy (London: Bristol Classical Press).
KOVACS, G. and C.W. Marshall, eds. 2011. Classics and Comics (New York: Oxford University Press).
Languages Spoken
English
Areas of Research

Greek poetry of the Archaic and Classical periods with special interests in Greek and Roman drama and stagecraft and in the reception of Greek myth in modern popular culture.

Media Database
Yes
Media Preferences
Print
Radio
Video
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