Tag Archives: Eirini Apanomeritaki

Monstrosity and Love in The Shape of Water

Posted on 7 November 2018 by

Myth Reading Group Wednesday 14 November 2018 5.00 – 6.30 pm Room NTC.2.05 Eirini Apanomeritaki and Stefanie Savva will introduce this week’s discussion on Monstrosity and Love in The Shape of Water (2017). In his latest movie, The Shape of … Continue reading →

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Thursday 25 February: The Sibyl’s Afterlives

Posted on 23 February 2016 by

This week Eirini Apanomeritaki introduces a discussion of adaptations of the myth of the Sibyl in literature. In the session, we will discuss the ‘afterlife’ of the myth of the Cumaean Sibyl, the prophetess, who appears in both Virgil’s Aeneid … Continue reading →

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Thursday 5 November: Judging Beauty: Reading Apuleius and Marie Darrieussecq

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This week Eirini Apanomeritaki introduces a discussion of changing perceptions of beauty. How has our perception of beauty changed from antiquity to the present? The Judgement of Paris, a beauty contest among three goddesses, is one of the earliest stories … Continue reading →

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Thursday 18 June: Werewolves and the Uncanny in Angela Carter’s Short Stories

Posted on 15 June 2015 by

This week Eirini Apanomeritaki introduces a discussion of werewolves and the uncanny in two stories by Angela Carter: “The Werewolf” and “The Company of Wolves” from The Bloody Chambers and Other Stories, 1979 (in Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short … Continue reading →

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Thursday 5 March: The Minotaur in Twentieth Century Art and Literature

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This week Eirini Apanomeritaki introduces a discussion of the myth of the Minotaur and the labyrinth in twentieth-century art and literature. Click the link to see our poster: P-The Minotaur Myth Reading Group Thursday 5 March 2015 1-2 p.m. Room … Continue reading →

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