Borges, Language and Reality - The Transcendence of the Word (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book brings together the work of several scholars to shed light on the Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges' complex relationship with language and reality. A critical assumption driving the work is that there is, as Jaime Alazraki has put it, 'a genuine effort to overcome the narrowness that Western tradition has imposed as a master and measure of reality' in Borges' writing. That narrowness is in large measure a consequence of the chronic influence of positivist approaches to reality that rely on empirical evidence for any authentication of what is 'real'. This study shows that, in opposition to such restrictions, Borges saw in fiction, in literature, the most viable means of discussing reality in a pragmatic manner. Moreover, by scrutinising several of the author's works, it establishes signposts for considering the truly complicated relationship that Borges had with reality, one that intimately associates the 'real' with human perception, insight and language.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Literatures of the Americas
Release date:	December 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Alfonso J. Garcia Osuna
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	145
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-95911-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	3-319-95911-5
Barcode:	9783319959115

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