Thursday, March 12, 2009

Some thoughts about Labyrinths...

- Borges is always sited as being highly influential. Heck, even I said it when whipping up a blurb for this blog. What aspects of his work are influential? In the works we’ve read so far can we see his influence?



- Borges is also cited as a giant in “world” literature. His works seem totally European to me. Any thoughts about this?



- I found these stories, sometimes, very funny. Would you consider his stories satire? Why do scholars and readers have so much trouble classifying his stories?



- Two ideas that recur over and over are the circular nature of time and that all persons are really a singular person. Do these ideas have any validity in reality?



Here’s a great Borges website:

http://www.themodernword.com/borges/



We'll be meeting to discuss this book March 19th at the Main Library in Conference Rm 3 at 6pm. Feel free to bring food and drink.

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