Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0238 - Reading (with) Borges

This seminar focuses exclusively on the writings of the Argentine Jorge Luis Borges. Famous for his erudite "fictions" that speculate on time, history, knowledge, identity, reality, and the imagination, Borges taught us to think literature anew. He also delighted in spoofing erudition, in the conspiratorial wink against the purveyors of Culture. This playful side has its shadow, for much of his writings revolve around violence-iniquity, to cite one of his early titles. We will explore this duality of violence and pleasure selectively in his stories, poems, and essays. Students with a working knowledge of Argentine will be encouraged to read the original texts.

Writing and Research Multiple Cultural Perspectives Independent Work