Read the “Kakalidis Method” here.

“The Kakalidis Method for Literature Analysis”, created by the founder of Omilos Eksipiretiton, philosopher and poet, Dimitris Kakalidis, was presented for the first time at the 7th International Literature Conference, organized by the international academic association “Athens Institute for Research and Education” (ATINER), on 9-12 June 2014.

The paper titled “The Kakalidis Method for Literature Analysis: A Synthesis Approach”, was presented by Dr Fevronia Christodoulidi, member of Omilos, Professor at the University of East London, UK and Mrs Paraskevi Kostopetrou, Head of Omilos Eksipiretiton and Megas Seirios Publications, Athens.

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Our little friends arrived right on time in the premises of Omilos Eksipiretiton, eager and curious for what would follow.

Together, we stepped into the magical world of fairy-tales, storytelling and role-playing.

We transformed ourselves into suns, clouds and rain; the sea and rainbow; dolphins, octopuses and kitties; envelopes with secrets and aliens with weird voices travelling with their spacecrafts.

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Paraskevi Kostopetrou

The Kakalidis Method for Literature Analysis: A Synthesis Approach

This paper aims at presenting the work of philosopher and poet Dimitris Kakalidis (1943-1995), emphasising the method he developed for the analysis of short stories and poetry, termed as the ‘Kakalidis Method’. In his works, the two volumes on ‘The Wisdom of Poetry’ and ‘The Wisdom of the Short Story’, he presents an innovative method of analysing 100 poems and 36 stories by Greek authors; this, acquires a perspective that pervades and reveals the inner spiritual resources of each work, demonstrating universal messages. Each literary piece takes dimensions beyond the visible contours, revealing the infinite within the limited, bringing the unconscious into consciousness. His starting point for each analysis is ‘Man-Humanity-Entity’ in their everlasting, intertwined relationship, based on the belief that each individual is an enlightened being in their core, going through life’s path only for this to be expressed in action.

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