Dr Eleni Kefala, Lecturer
Contact Details
ek30@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 463655
Office: Quad 27
Research and Teaching
Eleni Kefala's research focuses on twentieth-century Argentine literature and culture. She has published widely on the work of J. L. Borges and Ricardo Piglia, as well as on other authors from Latin America. Her 2007 monograph breaks new ground, studying postmodernity in two countries never before studied comparatively: Argentina and Greece. She is particularly interested in issues of cultural nationalism, postcolonial and decolonial thinking, and urban modernity. She teaches courses on areas from the historical avant-garde in the Southern Cone to representations of the urban in Argentine literature, art and film, and issues of national identity at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She also contributes to all levels of undergraduate co-taught courses, offering classes on J. L. Borges, Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, Alejo Carpentier, Juan Rulfo, Ricardo Piglia and Cristina Peri Rossi.
Publications
Negotiating Difference in the Hispanic World: From Conquest to Globalisation
Kefala, E. (ed.)
2011
Oxford:
Blackwell Publishing
. (BLAR Book Series).
Research output
:
Book/Report
›
Book
Peripheral (Post) Modernity: The Syncretist Aesthetics of Borges, Piglia, Kalokyris, Kyriakidis
Kefala, E.
2007
Peter Lang
.
303 p.
Research output
:
Book/Report
›
Book
Argentina
Kefala, E.
& Marshall, B. (ed.)
2005
In:
France and the Americas: Culture, Politics and History: A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia.
Oxford and Santa Barbara:
ABC-CLIO
,
Vol. 1
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
"Borges and Greece: Syncretism, Hybridity, and Irreverence in the Periphery" in Antes y Después del Quixote
Kefala, E.
, Archer, R. , Astvaldsson, V. , Boyd, S. & Thompson, M.
2005
In:
Antes y después del "Quijote": en el cincuentenario de la Asociación de Hispanistas de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda .
Valencia,
p. 289-298.
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
“La gran América Ibérica:” humanismo y utopía en los años veinte – el caso de Xul Solar
Kefala, E.
31-Jan-2013
In :
Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos
.
36
,
3
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Xul Solar, The Reluctant Utopian
Kefala, E.
2012
In :
Bulletin of Spanish Studies
.
89
,
2
,
p. 253-279.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Borges and Nationalism: Urban Myth and Nation-Dreaming in the 1920s
Kefala, E.
2011
In :
Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies
.
17
,
1
,
p. 33-58.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
La dialéctica de herejía y autoridad en Borges y Carpentier
Kefala, E.
2010
In :
Revista Bimestre Cubana
.
CVIII
,
33
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Ο Αργεντινός πεζογράφος Ρικάρδο Πίγλια
Kefala, E.
2009
In :
Planodion
.
11
,
47
,
p. 562-573.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Diez Preguntas a Noé Jitrik [Interview]
Kefala, E.
Jan-2008
In :
Revista Iberoamericana
.
74
,
222
,
p. 263-272.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
The Impossibility of
Hupar
in Borges and Bioy Casares
Kefala, E.
Jun-2007
In :
Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, Liverpool
.
84
,
3
,
p. 367-384.
18 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
The Dialectics of Heresy and Authority in Borges and Carpentier
Kefala, E.
Mar-2007
In :
MLN
.
122
,
2
,
p. 342-349.
8 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Hybrid Modernisms in Greece and Argentina: The Case of Cavafy, Borges, Kalokyris, and Kyriakidis
Kefala, E.
Mar-2006
In :
Comparative Literature
.
58
,
2
,
p. 113-127.
15 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
'Formas breves’ y ‘nudos blancos’: espacios poscontemporáneos de condensación (Trad. de María Victoria Suárez)
Kefala, E.
Sep-2005
In :
La Pecera
.
9
,
p. 92-97.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Kalokyris and Borges: A Study of their Syncretist Aesthetics
Kefala, E.
May-2005
In :
Journal of Modern Greek Studies
.
23
,
1
,
p. 65-96.
32 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Ricardo Piglia and the Syncretist Machine: 'Moral Stories' in the Postcontemporary Wor(l)d
Kefala, E.
Mar-2005
In :
Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos
.
29
,
3
,
p. 585-604.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Falsification, Robberies, and Irreverence in the Periphery: The Case of Borges and Kyriakidis
Kefala, E.
2005
In :
Gramma: Journal of Theory and Criticism
.
13
,
p. 165-182.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Mouseion
: The Counter-Institutional Agent of the Literary Utopias of Ricardo Piglia and Dimitris Kalokyris
Kefala, E.
Jul-2004
In :
Modern Language Review
.
99
,
3
,
p. 711-726.
16 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Borges and Narrative Economy: Conservative Formalism or Subversion of Signification?
Kefala, E.
2004
In :
Variaciones Borges
.
18
,
p. 219-228.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
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Article
Η (µυθ)ιστορία του σύµπαντος: Αριστοτέλης, Μπόρχες, Καλοκύρης
Kefala, E.
2003
In :
Porphyras
.
109
,
p. 383-391.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Aristotle, Borges, Kalokyris: The Universe of the
Poetics
and the Poetics of the Universe
Kefala, E.
2003
In :
Variaciones Borges
.
16
,
p. 97-108.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
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Article
Castellanos/Δηµουλά: Παράλληλες ποιητικές
Kefala, E.
1999
In :
Mikrofilologika
.
5
,
p. 35-40.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
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Article
Ο "Ερωτικός λόγος" του Σεφέρη: µια ανάγνωση
Kefala, E.
1998
In :
Nea Epochi
.
248
,
p. 32-39.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Special issue on Ricardo Piglia (it includes an introduction, translations of the short stories 'Los nudos blancos', 'La isla', 'La loca y el relato del crimen', and the essays 'El último cuento de Borges' and 'Tesis sobre el cuento', an interview and a biblio-biographical note).
Kefala, E.
Dec-2009
In :
Planodion
.
11
,
47
,
p. 561-621.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Special issue
Translation of poems by Rosario Castellanos, Alejandra Pizarnik and Cristina Peri Rossi into Greek.
Kefala, E.
& Katsouri, D. (ed.)
Dec-2008
Research output
:
Other contribution
Σε πρώτο πρόσωπο: Συνέντευξη µε τον Δηµήτρη Καλοκύρη [Interview]
Kefala, E.
2003
Diavazo
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