Jorge Luis Borges: Visions of Culture and Knowledge

Course Description Borges’ vision of the world as a Library of Babel and an Aleph anticipated the information age and the development of the Internet by several decades. However, although Borges can be regarded as the least representative Latin American writer, not all his fictions address u...

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Autor principal: Manara, Alejandro
Formato: Learning Object
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Program in Argentine and Latin American Studies (PALAS) - Universidad de Belgrano 2015
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Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.ub.edu.ar/handle/123456789/4917
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Sumario:Course Description Borges’ vision of the world as a Library of Babel and an Aleph anticipated the information age and the development of the Internet by several decades. However, although Borges can be regarded as the least representative Latin American writer, not all his fictions address universal problems. This course shows how many of his short stories, essays and poems are embedded in and have contributed to the Latin American and Argentine literary traditions. The course also considers Borges’ precursors (Poe, Marcel Schwob and Kafka) and his followers (Donald Barthelme, Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco, among others). Finally, it looks at Borges’ presence in visual culture: film, architecture and art. Course Requirements