Borges
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Podcast: Civilization and Its Discontents and Borges
Discussion with Jon Beasley-Murray and Jill Fellows
Hernandez and Borges
. Regarding Borges and Daisy Dolls, I thought that his and Hernandez’ works were equally entertaining. First though, I would say that Daisy Dolls was definitely a rather odd piece. The concept was no doubt intriguing, but I do think … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Arlt, Borges and Hernandez
Alright, since there were quite a few stories to read on this week, I’ll go over some of my select favorites from each author (Borges being the only one with multiple…). The Cooked Cat: This stood out as a very weird, fragmented story to me. The nature of the characters are sadistic, and the writing […]
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Arlt, Borges and Hernandez
After reading Kafka’s short story I wasn’t expecting to like these short stories as much I did. The story about the cooked cat was one of the weirdest stories I have ever read – it seemed to be about nothing … Continue reading →
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Borges, Arlt, and Hernandez
Sorry for the late post, my computer has been prone to random spazzes lately… Anyways, with regard to the works, my favorites were without a doubt those of Borges. I found that the prose flowed beautifully, and at the end of most I was left with a complete mind f*ck. My favorite of these has […] Continue reading →
Borges, Labyrinths, Humor
Reading Borges I have to say was humorous in some ways. Interesting in others, but regardless of my feelings on the subject, he definitely is an excellent short story writer. The Two Kings and Labyrinths was what really struck out … Continue reading → Continue reading →
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Roberto Arlt, Jorge Luis Borges, Felisberto Hernández, Selected Stories
Video of lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the “Monster in the Mirror” theme
Cats, Dolls and Borges
We discussed briefly last week that a characteristic of short stories may be that they leave you with more questions at the end than you had at the start. I’d say that’s about accurate. All of these stories made me … Continue reading →
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Borges, Cooked Cat, and Daisy Dolls
I’m writing this with a headache, so bear with me. Borges is a very good writer. He knows how to do short stories, and I enjoyed almost every assigned reading within this book as well as some that weren’t assigned. The downfall to his very cohesive and structured style, however, is that it gets predictable […]
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What People See vs. What People Know
For now, all I have read of Borges is the 15 short stories Jon assigned. While this is enough to understand the lectures, I get the feeling that in order to fully understand Borges I would need to read all … Continue reading → Continue reading →
