“Jolts of Consciousness”: George Seferis, Modernity, and Gender

MODERN GREEK STUDIES

SPEAKER: Maria Zymara, PhD Candidate, Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University

The way George Seferis incorporates issues of sex, gender, and sexuality into his poetics has, as of now, gone almost completely unnoticed. This talk situates Seferis within the broader context of modernity, arguing that his engagement with it–the opportunities it entails, as well as its anxieties– reveals a distinctly gendered approach to literary form.