The Laboratory of Narrative Research (LNR) is a teaching and research unit that is part of the School of English at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. It has been designed to bring together scholars and researchers from across the humanities, the social sciences and other scientific fields who have a special interest in the workings and the politics of narrative production.
Lab Director: Dr Effie Yiannopoulou
Seven Sisters Dreaming by Andrea Adamson
Dr. Nikolaos Vogiatzis
March 2023
Storytelling constitutes, perhaps, one of those indispensable elements that define human culture in its entirety, considering that it qualifies as the main exponent of transmitting cultural knowledge from one generation to the next since time immemorial. For this reason, mythical narratives exert a deep influence on human psyche; an influence that may and should be used to the advantage of (ESL) classroom by turning it to a useful experiential learning toll. Students may take a classical myth and introduce a new variant of it by altering its narrative or adapting its context to a different culture or time; a process that is cognitively beneficial to them as it enhances the students’ language skills, critical thinking as well as promoting cooperative group work.
When: Friday 31st March 2023
What time: 18:00-20:30
Language: Greek
Where: Room H (New Philosophy Building, Ground Floor/next to Amphitheater B). This is an in person event.
To register please email Mr. Michalis Tziachris at tziachri@enl.auth.gr. If you are unable to attend please email in time to cancel your registration.
Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance!
Bio
Dr. Nikolaos Vogiatzis is currently teaching at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He holds an MA in Linguistics (Language and Culture) and a Ph.D. in Language Documentation and Description from Aristotle University. He has taught English as a Foreign Language at all levels of education. His research interests and publications revolve largely around Language Documentation and Description, morphology, dialectology and language variation and change. This period he is involved in documenting language change in the Thassian dialectal environment.
A myth’s Alter Ego
