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Jorge Luis Borges

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Argentine writer mentioned as an example of diverse literary study that could replace traditional canonical authors like Sophocles in humanities curricula.

Mentions (9)
"It's perfectly fine, I think, if humanities students want to study more Borges or James Baldwin and less Sophocles, but there needs to be an idea of what value literature or poetry or philosophy have outside of serving as political propaganda."
"The English translation is a bit mid, but the original in Spanish hits hard."
El remordimiento - Borges · u/AndouillePoisson · ↑33 · 2025-11-16
"Fictions by Borges explores how the 'cultural cannon' and fiction in general shapes our interior world"
fiction that made you question your worldview? · liberalscum · ↑28 · 2022-08-13
"If honor and wisdom and happiness are not for me, let them be for others. May heaven exist, though my place be in hell.--'The Library of Babel'"
Posting literature quotes until the vibe improves-Jorge Luis Borges · u/I_Said_Joe_Mama · ↑113 · 2022-01-07
"If honor and wisdom and happiness are not for me, let them be for others. May heaven exist, though my place be in hell.--The Library of Babel"
Posting literature quotes until the vibe improves-Jorge Luis Borges · u/I_Said_Joe_Mama · ↑113 · 2022-01-07
"The English translation is a bit mid, but the original in Spanish hits hard."
El remordimiento - Borges · u/AndouillePoisson · ↑33 · 2025-11-16
"Fictions by Borges"
fiction that made you question your worldview? · u/liberalscum · ↑28 · 2022-08-13
"Just finished reading Borges's "Collected Fictions" and found it pretty fun."
Short Story Recs? · u/JoeMVC · ↑23 · 2022-05-25
"i've read some borges, bolaño, neruda, garcía márquez, and octavio paz, and i'm looking for recs."
good latin american lit? · u/oedipa_mass_49 · ↑21 · 2022-07-18
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