Biography
Samantha Kotta is a literary scholar who studies modernism in Latin America and Ireland. Her study looks at how avant-garde journals and revolutionary literary organizations helped shape cultural and political resistance in the early 1900s. Her research includes diaspora studies, translation, and critical studies of race, gender, and sexuality. Samantha’s research shows how transnational exchanges have shaped the intellectual history of Latin America and Europe along with contradicting accounts that separate national literary traditions from larger continental movements.
McDougal Fellow
Research Interests
Andean Literature, Brazilian Literature, Irish Literature, Modernism, Translation, Language Revitalization, Eco-criticism