Sarah Roger
DPhil
Queen’s College
Sarah is working on a D.Phil in European Literature, focusing her studies on twentieth
century Latin American literature. Her dissertation is titled “Borges and His Precursors:
an Examination of Franz Kafka’s Authorial Influence on Jorge Luis Borges”. She
presented a preliminary draft of her research at the Spanish Sub-Faculty’s Graduate
Seminar in March 2007.
Prior to the D.Phil, Sarah earned an M.Phil. at Oxford, and she wrote about the concept
of redemption in selected works by Borges. As an undergraduate, Sarah attended
Canada’s McMaster University, where she received a combined degree studying Arts and
Sciences (Hon. B.Arts.Sc.).
Sarah’s graduate studies are funded by a Clarendon Bursary and a Queen’s College
Studentship.