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

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **March 31, 2025** 

 06:00PM - 07:30PM EDT 

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 **Barker Center, Room 114**  



 

 



 

## [MODERN GREEK STUDIES](/seminars)

## 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.



 

 



 

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- [ Modern Greek Studies ](/seminars/modern-greek-literature-and-culture)
 
 

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