13 Facts About Froma Zeitlin

Froma I Zeitlin was born on 5 September 1933 and is an American Classics scholar.

Froma Zeitlin specializes in ancient Greek literature, with particular interests in epic, drama and prose fiction, along with work in gender criticism, and the relationship between art and text in the context of the visual culture of antiquity.

Froma Zeitlin was born in New York, and grew up on the Upper West Side, where she was educated in a public girls' high school.

Froma Zeitlin's thesis was entitled The Ritual World of Greek Tragedy.

Froma Zeitlin joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1976, where she taught Greek Literature, Greek Mythology and Gender studies.

Froma Zeitlin joined Princeton at a time where there were other influential women in the department, notably Ann Bergren, Janet Marion Martin and Lois Hinckley, although Bergren and Hinckley left shortly afterwards.

Froma Zeitlin became Professor of Classics in 1983, and of Comparative Literature in 1989.

From 1992 Froma Zeitlin was the Charles Ewing Professor of Greek Language and Literature.

In 1996, Froma Zeitlin founded the Judaic Studies program at Princeton, and directed it until 2005.

Froma Zeitlin was one of the first Classicists to apply methods from Structuralism, Semiotics, and Gender Studies to Ancient Literature.

Froma Zeitlin describes her interest in Gender Studies as being related to its value as a tool, through which the events of Greek Tragedy could be understood.

Froma Zeitlin has been considered particularly influential for her role in creating links between European theorists and the field of Classics in America.

Froma Zeitlin has written numerous essays and monographs dealing with overarching cultural themes, many of which have influenced the creation of significant new approaches or debates.