Aviva Kana

Graduate Student
avivakana@umail.ucsb.edu

Office Location: 

Phelps Hall 6313

Specialization: 

Spanish and Portuguese

Education: 

  • PhD candidate in Hispanic Literature. University of California, Santa Barbara.
  • MA in Spanish. University of California, Santa Barbara.
  • BA in Latin American Studies, Macalester College. 

Bio: 

Currently a PhD candidate in the Spanish and Portuguese Department, Aviva Kana’s dissertation focuses on 21st century Chilean and Argentine Literature, ethics, sexuality and the State. Her translation work is centered on authors that experiment with language and genre. 

Research: 

Aviva's research interests include: contemporary Southern Cone Literature, Feminist Studies, Politics.

Other fields: Mexican Literature, Translation Studies, Applied Linguistics.

Projects: 

Currently completing a translation of the novella El mal de la taiga (The Taiga Syndrome) written by Cristina Rivera Garza.  

Publications: 

  • The Taiga Syndrome Chapters 1, 2, 3. Translated with Suzanne Jill Levine. Translation of El mal de la taiga. Cristina Rivera Garza. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, 92/93
  • The Taiga Syndrome Chapters 4, 5. Translated with Suzanne Jill Levine. Translation of El mal de la taiga. Cristina Rivera Garza. Pen Flash Series April 2016 
  • “Estación Camarón.” Translated with Suzanne Jill Levine. Translation of “Estación Camarón” Cristina Rivera Garza. Twitter publication. @estacioncamaron 

Dissertation:

  • An Ethical Turn? Literature, the “Pink Tide” and Dismantling the Past in Contemporary Chilean and Argentine Narrative

Articles:

  • “Identidades inestables en ‘El abrigo de zorro azul’ de Rosario Ferré” (In progress)
  • “Rosalía de Castro’s El caballero de las botas azules and Charles Perrault’s Le chat botté: Parody, Critique and a New Social Dis (order)” (In progress)

 

Courses: 

  • Writing and Literature CS 150TL Translation: Creative Re-imaginations of Texts

  • SPAN 102L: Introduction to Analysis of Hispanic Literary Texts

  • SPAN 1-SPAN 6

  • WRIT 2: Introduction to Academic Writing