El Aleph
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El Aleph is a celebrated short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores infinity, perception, and the nature of reality through the discovery of a point in space that contains all other points.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El Aleph canonical | 3 |
| El Aleph (short story collection) | 1 |
| The Aleph | 1 |
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Target entity: El Aleph Context triple: [Jorge Luis Borges, notableWork, El Aleph]
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The Autumn of the Patriarch
The Autumn of the Patriarch is a novel by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays the surreal, oppressive world of a timeless Caribbean dictator through dense, lyrical prose characteristic of magical realism.
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By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept is a romantic spiritual novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores love, faith, and personal transformation.
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C.
The Time of the Hero
The Time of the Hero is a landmark novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa that exposes corruption and brutality within a military academy, helping to launch the Latin American Boom in literature.
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D.
El jardín de los frailes
El jardín de los frailes is a semi-autobiographical novel by Spanish writer and statesman Manuel Azaña that reflects on his youth, education, and the social and political climate of early 20th-century Spain.
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E.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain is a landmark 1924 novel by Thomas Mann that follows a young man's extended stay in a Swiss sanatorium to explore themes of time, illness, and the intellectual currents of pre–World War I Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: El Aleph Target entity description: El Aleph is a celebrated short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores infinity, perception, and the nature of reality through the discovery of a point in space that contains all other points.
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A.
The Autumn of the Patriarch
The Autumn of the Patriarch is a novel by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays the surreal, oppressive world of a timeless Caribbean dictator through dense, lyrical prose characteristic of magical realism.
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B.
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept is a romantic spiritual novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores love, faith, and personal transformation.
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C.
The Time of the Hero
The Time of the Hero is a landmark novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa that exposes corruption and brutality within a military academy, helping to launch the Latin American Boom in literature.
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D.
El jardín de los frailes
El jardín de los frailes is a semi-autobiographical novel by Spanish writer and statesman Manuel Azaña that reflects on his youth, education, and the social and political climate of early 20th-century Spain.
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E.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain is a landmark 1924 novel by Thomas Mann that follows a young man's extended stay in a Swiss sanatorium to explore themes of time, illness, and the intellectual currents of pre–World War I Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
infinity
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nature of reality ⓘ perception ⓘ totality of experience ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Argentina ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Sur magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
fantastic literature
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metafiction ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
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short film adaptations ⓘ theatrical adaptations ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | Hebrew letter Aleph ⓘ |
| includedIn |
El Aleph
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
El Aleph (short story collection)
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| influenced |
Latin American Boom
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surface form:
Latin American Boom writers
postmodern literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Kabbalah
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mysticism ⓘ philosophy of infinity ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Carlos Argentino Daneri
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Jorge ⓘ
surface form:
Jorge (narrator)
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| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
blend of autobiography and fiction
ⓘ
unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of infinity in narrative form
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fusion of everyday realism with metaphysical speculation ⓘ self-referential narrator named Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Borges's metaphysical stories ⓘ |
| plotElement | discovery of a point in space that contains all other points ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfCollection | 1949 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstCollection | Editorial Losada ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Aleph (mathematics) ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Argentina
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Buenos Aires ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
omniscience
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the infinite ⓘ ungraspable total knowledge ⓘ |
| theme |
jealousy
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limits of human understanding ⓘ memory and time ⓘ obsession ⓘ representation of reality through language ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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