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Borges: Short Stories & Existential Crises
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In our fourth episode of the season, we explore short stories by Jorge Luis Borges: Shakespeare’s Memory, Death and the Compass, The Circular Ruins, and Everything and Nothing. Join us as we delve into existential crises, the metaphysical genre, theories of authorship and readership, the tension between meaning and meaninglessness, and the question of whether originality truly exists.
Borges Short Stories:
1. Shakespeare’s Memory: English translation (p. 1036): https://posthegemony.files.wordpress....
Spanish: https://ciudadseva.com/texto/la-memor...
2. Death and the Compass: English translation: https://analepsis.org/wp-content/uplo...
Spanish: https://lecturia.org/cuentos-y-relato...
3. The Circular Ruins: English translation and Spanish: https://people.duke.edu/~garci/garcit...
4. Everything and Nothing: English translation (p. 693): http://posthegemony.wordpress.com/wp-...
Spanish: https://borgestodoelanio.blogspot.com...
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Introduction music featured by Antonín Dvořák's String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, B. 179 “American”: I. Allegro ma n