SPAN 6860 - [After Borges: Literature, Politics, and the Aesthetic Act]

Spring. 4 credits.

Next offered 2014-2015. Conducted in Spanish.

B. Bosteels.

A critical study of Jorge Luis Borges’s writings, his politics and his ideology, in the context of earlier and later works by Lugones, Macedonio Fernandez, Bioy Casare, Silvina Ocampo, Valenzuela, and Piglia. Textual analysis will alternate with theoretical and philosophical debates, visual artwork, and movies inspired by work of Borges.