Zoja Pavlovskis
Professor
Office: Library Tower 1511
University Phone Number: (607) 777-6031
email:
zppetit@binghamton.edu
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Research
Interests
Classical literatures
in Greek and Latin; irony in ancient to contemporary literature; tragedy and
myth; the fairy tale and narrative morphology; translation.
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1962 (major field: Latin literature; minor fields:
Greek literature and ancient history).
M.A., Cornell University, 1959.
B.A., Bryn Mawr College, 1958 (magna cum laude, honors in Latin).
Selected Publications
Man in an Artificial Landscape: The Marvels of Civilization in Imperial
Roman Literature (1973).
The Praise of Folly: Structure and Irony (1983).
Translation of The Story of Apollonius the King of Tyre (1978).
More than 30 articles, including "The Education of Achilles, as Treated
in the Literature of Late Antiquity"(1965), "Vir fortis sine manibus and
the Handless Maiden" (1969), "The Pastoral World of Hilarius' In Genesis";
(1990). Has published and received various awards for her poetry.
Work in Progress
Books:
Poetry as Spiritual Refuge: Creative Merrtry in Late Latin Literature.
The Lesser Poems of Catullus: Multum in Parvo A translation into English
of Zenta Maurina's autobiographic trilogy.
Various articles and possibly a textbook based on my course in the fairy
tale (a rough draft is ready).
Fellowships and other awards
Member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.
At Cornell, Woodrow Wilson, University, and Fels fellow (also awarded an
AAUW fellowship, but did not accept).
Mellon Junior Fellowship, 1968-69, for use at the University of Pittsburgh;
turned down for personal reasons.
State University of New York Faculty Research Fellowship, summers of 1970
and 1971.
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, summer 1972.
Research semester granted by SUNY-Binghamton, spring 1981.
SUNY Curriculum Development Grant, summer 1982.
Awards and Grants
Member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi Mellon; Junior Fellowship, 1968-69.
SUNY Faculty Research Fellow, 1970 and 1971.
NEH Stipend, 1972.
SUNY Curriculum Development Grant, 1982.
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