UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES
Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres
George Seferis’ Poetics
Loss and the Language of Topos
Thèse présentée par Jennifer Kellogg
en vue de l´obtention du grade académique
de Docteur en Langues et Lettres, sous la direction
de Monsieur Didier Viviers et de Madame
Ioanna Papadopoulou, co-directrice.
PART I: THE POETICS OF LOSS ... 1
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION... 1
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MY JOURNEY...1
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SOME PERSPECTIVE ON GEORGE SEFERIS...4
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AN EXAMINATION OF TOPOS...9
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THEORY AND METHODS...17
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CONCLUSION...25
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CHAPTER 2: SKALA AND THE FORMATION OF A POETIC TOPOS ... 26
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ATOPOGRAPHY OF INTIMACY...29
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CONCLUSION...66
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CHAPTER 3: CRISIS, REVELATION, AND POETRY ... 70
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THE IMPORTANCE OF LOSS...70
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COMING OF AGE AS A POET...75
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TURNING POINT...88
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CRISIS AND EPIPHANY...103
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LOSS AND THE POETICS OF TOPOS...129
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PART II: ALLEGORIES OF TOPOS ... 134
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CHAPTER 4: DYSTOPIA AND THE JOURNEY OF MYTHISTORIMA ... 134
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ALLEGORIES OF TOPOS...134
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DYSTOPIA AND THE CHOICE TO TELL YOUR STORY...141
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AJOURNEY IN SEARCH OF TRANSCENDENCE...157
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ALLEGORIES OF TOPOS:GYMNOPAIDIA...186
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CHAPTER 5: “WE’RE PAYING OFF A VARIED FOLKTALE”: SEFERIS’ HISTORICAL POETICS ... 198
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MYTH,HISTORY, AND CONSOLATION...198
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TALES OF A LOST HOMELAND...202
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FOLKTALE OF BLOOD...210
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AVARIED FOLKTALE IN CYPRUS...217
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CONCLUSION...225
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CHAPTER 6: HOMER’S LIGHT ... 227
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THE ANCIENT LIGHT OF ΦΆΟΣ ἨΕΛΊΟΙΟ...227
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HOMER’S LIGHT IN ASINE...230
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THE REVELATORY LIGHT OF POROS...236
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CYPRUS’ANCIENT LIGHT:THE PERCEPTION OF A MIRACLE...253
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CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSION, MIRACULOUS CYPRUS ... 258
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INTIMATIONS OF HOME...260
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SEEING THE MIRACLE IN CYPRUS...274
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POETRY AND CRISIS: A CONCLUSION...290
