Nicholas Kontos

BA Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley; MA Comparative Literature, San Francisco State University; Ph.D. Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Aristotle University, is Lecturer in Translation and Culture Studies at the School of English, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. Born in the United States he initially studied in California before moving to Greece. He has been a member of the School of English since 1986. His Ph.D. thesis titled Thematization and Information Dynamics in Translation (1990) was a dissertation on the syntactic and stylistic problems of translating Greek literary texts into English. He teaches courses in Rhetoric, Semiotics, Popular and Visual Culture. His publications have reflected his teaching areas and special interests.

Tel.: (2310)-997406
Fax: 997432
E-mail: ngkontos@enl.auth.gr

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