Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote
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"Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" is a metafictional short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores authorship, originality, and interpretation through the fictional attempt to recreate Cervantes' Don Quixote word for word.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
metafictional work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Jorge Luis Borges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralProjectOfProtagonist | to recreate Don Quixote word for word ⓘ |
| containsDevice |
fictional bibliography
ⓘ
imaginary scholarly notes ⓘ self-referential narration ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly influential in literary theory ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
historicity of texts
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plagiarism versus originality ⓘ the death of the author ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Pierre Menard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | fictional French writer ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Sur ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
metafiction
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philosophical fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasNarratorType | unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| influenced |
concepts of intertextuality
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poststructuralist literary theory ⓘ reader-response criticism ⓘ |
| keyIdea |
identical texts can have different meanings in different historical contexts
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reading as a creative act ⓘ the author’s intention is problematized ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| length | short ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
magic realism
ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
authorship
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interpretation ⓘ intertextuality ⓘ originality ⓘ the nature of literary creation ⓘ the role of the reader ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
fictional essay
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mock critical article ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parodies |
literary criticism
ⓘ
scholarly commentary ⓘ |
| partOfCollection | Ficciones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| referencesAuthor | Miguel de Cervantes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| referencesWork | Don Quixote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | presented as a critical bibliography and commentary ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | late 1930s ⓘ |
| workMentionedWithin | a fictional list of Menard’s writings ⓘ |
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