Kadri Novikov

Kadri Novikov is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the University of Tartu. Kadri Novikov has been teaching classics at the University of Tartu since 2008 (ancient Greek and Latin, courses on epic, historical prose, lyric, rhetoric, ancient Greek and Latin novels, Greek and Roman Antiquities etc.). Her main research interests include: ancient Greek and Byzantine novels, focusing on narrative structure, sub-genres in the novels, rhetorical figures and the relations between these three aspects; the occurrence and forms of ancient names in the Estonian language (currently working on the Dictionary of Ancient Names, which will be openly accessed to all translators, editors, students etc.); and problems and possibilites of rendering rhetorical figures in the translations of Greek novels into Estonian language.

Selected publications:

• Novikov, Kadri (2021) Kreeka romaanides esinevate kordusfiguuride vahendamisest. Keel ja Kirjandus 1-2, lk. 51-64. 
• Novikov, Kadri (2014) Leucippe and Clitophon" by Achilles Tatius: rhetorical figures, narrative tempo and genres in the Greek novel. Tartu: Tartu University Press. 
• Novikov, Kadri (forthcoming) On the Composition of Myths in Longus and Achilles Tatius. Hortus Floridus. Acta Societatis Morgensternianae. 
• Novikov, Kadri (2008) Ekphraseis in the novels of Achilleus Tatios and Eustathios Makrembolites: Comparison from the Rhetorical Point of View. Hellenu mantojums: Rigas 2. starptautiskas hellenistikas konferences materiali. Riga, 85−94. 
• Novikov, Kadri (2015). Gods and religion in "Leukippe and Kleitophon". In: Kämmerer, Thomas R., Kõiv, Mait (Ed.). Acta Antiqua Mediterranea et Orientalia (81−101). Münster: Ugarit Verlag. 
   

More publications and information in the Estonian Research Information System.

Research clusters:

• Studies of Antiquity in Early European Cultural Tradition

Contact: kadri.novikov@ut.ee
 

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