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Prof. Svetlana Vassileva-Karagyozova

Svetlana Vassileva-Karagyozova


Degree: Ph.D., Sofia University “Saint Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria
Position: Assistant Professor
Teaching interests: Polish and Czech language, Language teaching methodology, West Slavic Literature, Culture and Film
Research interests: Communism in the 20th and 21st century West Slavic prose, post-1989 West Slavic Bildungsroman, memory studies, Slavic literary Baroque

Selected recent publications

  • 2006 article: Barokovi reminiscencii v bъlgarskata poezija [Baroque reminiscences in Bulgarian poetry]. Ezici na blizostta, politiki na razlichieto [Languages of proximity, politics of difference]: 21–41, (Sofia University Press).
  • 2006 article: Barokъt v bъlgarskata literatura. Sastojanie na problema [The Baroque in Bulgarian literature. The Current State of Research on the Problem], Slavia/Journal of Slavic Studies 75: 407–418.
  • 2006 dissertation summary (avtoreferat): Barokъt v slavjanskite literaturi. S osoben ogled na promenite v zhanrovata sistema na literaturite ot pravoslavnija region, (Institute of Literature of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia University, “St. Kliment of Ohrid”)
  • 2005 article: Retorikata i barokъt [Rhetoric and Baroque]. Retoriki na pametta [Rhetoric of memory]: 160–174, (Sofia University Press).

    Selected grants

    External: Czech Academy of Sciences and Institute of Czech Literature; Internal: New Faculty General Research Fund Award, Center for Teaching Excellence

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  • Physical location of office:
    2141 Wescoe Hall
    Mailing address:
    Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
    1445 Jayhawk Blvd., Rm. 2133
    Lawrence, KS 66045-7590, USA
    Tel.: (785) 864-2351
    E-mail: svk (at) ku.edu