Office 818, 8th floor, School of Philosophy
Phone: 210-7277384
E-mail: sfelopoulou[at]theatre.uoa[dot]gr
Professor Sofia Felopoulou is a graduate of the Department of French Language and Literature of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received her Ph.D. from the same Department and University, with thesis Play within a play into the French drama of 20th century.
Her scientific interests and research focus on European drama, contemporary theatre, theory and criticism, as well as the Modern Greek drama and its relationship with the European one.
She has published and presented in national and international conferences numerous papers on Greek and European theatre, including plays and performances, theatre theory and aesthetics.
A selection of recent publications and communications:
- The Poetics of dramaturgs. From the XVII to XXI century. Papazissis editions, Athens 2024.
- Sophia Felopoulou, Metamorphosis and Innovation in European Drama. From XVIII to XXI century (in Greek), Papazissis editions, Athens 2019.
- « Mots et images de l’eau et de la mer dans l’œuvre théâtrale de Samuel Beckett », in Nathalie Roelens, Armand Erchadi (éds), Breaking the Waves. Water (Issues) in Contemporary Verbal and Visual Arts, Melusina Press, Luxebourg 2023, p. 183-190.
- “Dramatic writing and a-dramatic performance” (in Greek), Evi Prusali (ed.), Performing Arts in the 21st century. Contemporary Practices and New Perspectives, Eurasia Publications, Athens 2023, p. 84-89.
- « Les morales de Diderot, dramaturge et théoricien », in Odile Richard, Gerhardt Stenger (dir.), LesmoralesdeDiderot, Les Colloques de Cerisy, Hermann, Paris 2022, p. 321-333.
- “Molière and comedy. Aesthetics and aesthetic staging in 21st century in Greece” (in Greek). Paper at the anniversary conference on the 400th anniversary of Moliere's birth, The reception of Moliere in modern Greek education and the modern Greek theatre, 18th-21st century, organized by the Research and Documentation Laboratory of Modern Greek Theatre of the Department of Theatre Studies, NKUA, Athens 23-24.11.2022.
- « Le tragique dans la dramaturgie contemporaine. Le cas de Howard Barker et de Jean-Luc Lagarce », conference at the Séminaire de Lisbonne, Littérature classique, littérature européenne : influence, réception, métamorphose, Erasmus Mundus, Lisbon, 2-5.7.2022.
- “Selfhood and otherness in Strindberg and Beckett” (in Greek), in M. Kotzamani, A. Blesios, B. Georgopoulou (eds.) Proceedings, Theatre and Otherness. Theory, dramaturgy and theatrical practice, vol. C, University of Peloponnese, Nafplio 2021, p. 46-55.
- “The imprint of the Revolution of 1821 in Kambanellis’ Our Great Circus and the traces of the past in the present” (in Greek). Paper at the conference for the 30th anniversary of the Department of Theatre Studies, NKUA, The Greek Revolution and Theatre, Athens, 10-12.11.2021.
- ‘‘Politics and new writing. Harold Pinter and Sarah Kane as paradigms’’ (in Greek), in A. Altouva, K. Diamantakou (eds.), Theatre and Democracy, Department of Theatre Studies, NKUA, Athens 2018, p. 713-719.
- « Le dialogue diderotien avec Aristote et Platon », in Aude Lehmann (dir.), Diderotetl’Antiquité classique, Classiques Garnier, Paris 2018, p. 163-175.
- ‘‘Dimitris Dimitriadis’ Insenso’’ (in Greek), in Kalliopi Exarhou (ed.), Dimitris Dimitriadis, beyond the limits, Shakespearikon, Thessaloniki 2018, p. 235-254.
- «Les nouvelles écritures françaises sur la scène grecque», in Platon Mavromoustakos, Sophia Felopoulou (eds), Relations between France-Greece: the theatre from 1960 up today, Department of Theatre Studies, NKUA, Athens 2017, p. 211-218.
- « Les “espaces autres” de Foucault dans Le Balcon de Jean Genet » in Les mots en spectacle, Classiques Garnier, Paris 2016, p. 85-97.
- « L’adaptation au théâtre : les emprunts qui créent l’originalité scénique », Parabassis, no 14/1, 2016, p. 9-22.
- « Manger dans le théâtre néo-hellénique », in Manger en Grèce, INALCO/Cahiers balkaniques, Numéro hors-série 2016, Presses de l’Inalco, Paris 2016, p. 62-75.
