Borges y yo
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"Borges y yo" is a brief, metafictional prose piece by Jorge Luis Borges that meditates on the split between his public literary persona and his private self.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metafictional work
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prose piece ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Jorge Luis Borges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | division between the writer Borges and the private self ⓘ |
| contains |
paradox about identity
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reflection on the name Borges ⓘ self-referential commentary ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| discusses |
how the public Borges appropriates the private experiences of the narrator
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relationship between author and work ⓘ |
| focusesOn | split between public literary persona and private self ⓘ |
| genre |
metafiction
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philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasPublicationForm | magazine or collection publication ⓘ |
| importance | key text for understanding Borges’s view of authorship and identity ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Borges’s own public fame
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philosophical idealism ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyAnthologizedIn | collections of Borges’s short prose ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
courses on Latin American literature
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courses on literary theory ⓘ courses on metafiction ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
irony
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metafiction ⓘ paradox ⓘ self-reference ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Latin American literature
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postmodern literature ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | essayistic prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| setting | intellectual and literary milieu of Buenos Aires ⓘ |
| structure | single brief monologue ⓘ |
| style |
concise
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philosophical ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
| theme |
authorship
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fame ⓘ identity ⓘ literary creation ⓘ public persona vs private self ⓘ self and other ⓘ |
| tone |
introspective
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meditative ⓘ melancholic ⓘ |
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