Sara Park
New Cabell Hall 434
Office Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri 10:00-10:50am
Research Summary
Sara Park specializes in modern Latin American literature, with a focus on the Southern Cone region. In her dissertation—“(Re)configuración de memoria: Autoficción de las hijas de desaparecidos en Argentina”—, she analyzes a wide corpus of texts and movies to investigate the matter of memory and identity in the narrative of the daughters of those who disappeared during the last military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983). Her current research projects investigate the works of Chilean women writers such as Andrea Jeftanovic, Nona Fernández, and Lina Meruane. She is also interested in other contemporary women writers such as Samanta Schweblin (Argentina) and Fernanda Trías (Uruguay). With a WGS certificate, she holds a Ph.D. degree in Spanish from the University of Virginia.
Education
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2022
M.A., Seoul National University, 2016
B.A., Seoul National University, 2013
Publications
“Soledad y solidaridad en la narrativa breve de José Revueltas.” Sincronía, vol. 69, 2016, pp. 388-405.
Conference Presentations
“La liberación del lenguaje falocéntrico para superar el orden patriarcal en Los vigilantes de Diamela Eltit.” Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 5, 2018.
“La superación del patriarcado como una clave para escapar de la soledad: la lucha de los personajes femeninos en Cien años de soledad.” Asociación de Licenciados y Doctores Españoles en Estados Unidos, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 12, 2018.
“La transformación de Carlos Wieder en Estrella distante de Roberto Bolaño: de un cuerpo sin órganos lleno a un cuerpo sin órganos vacío.” Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, UNC Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, October 5, 2017.
“Soledad frente a solidaridad social, en Dios en la tierra de José Revueltas.” Federación Internacional de Estudios sobre América Latina y el Caribe, Bexco, Busan, Korea, August 26, 2015.
“La reescritura de La divina comedia: “El Aleph” de Jorge Luis Borges.” Congreso de Invierno de la Asociación Coreana de Hispanistas, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, December 20, 2014.
“La voz social de Nicanor Parra en la ecopoesía.” Literatos latinoamericanos en centenario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, October 4, 2014.
“Cómo La Madelón se transformó en una mujer: Una mala noche la tiene cualquiera de Eduardo Mendicutti.” Congreso de Verano de la Asociación Coreana de Hispanistas, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea, June 14, 2014.
Teaching
University of Virginia, Assistant Professor of Spanish, General Faculty, 2022-present
Advanced Intermediate Spanish, SPAN 2020 (Fall 2022)
University of Virginia, Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2016-2022
Grammar and Composition I, SPAN 3010 (Fall 2019-Spring 2020)
Advanced Intermediate Spanish, SPAN 2020 (Summer 2018-Summer 2019, Summer 2020)
Advanced Elementary Spanish, SPAN 1060 (Fall 2017-Spring 2018)
Intermediate Spanish, SPAN 2010 (Fall 2016-Spring 2017, Fall 2021-Spring 2022)