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Borges and Kafka - Sons and Writers (Hardcover)
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Borges and Kafka - Sons and Writers (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs
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Sarah Roger investigates Jorge Luis Borges's development as an
author in light of Franz Kafka's influence, and in consideration of
Borges's relationship with his father, Jorge Guillermo Borges
(Borges pere, a failed author). Borges believed that much of
Kafka's writing derived from his personal experiences, particularly
his relationship with his father. This book looks at how reading
Kafka helped Borges mediate and make productive use of his own
relationship with his father, and it offers a thorough analysis of
Borges pere's writing, which is supplemented by an appendix that
reprints Borges pere's poetry for the first time. Borges and Kafka
also provides extensive analysis of Kafka's presence in Borges's
critical writing, his translations, and the stories that he
modelled on Kafka. Particular attention is paid to the concepts
that Borges identified as Kafka's obsessions: subordination,
infinity, and hierarchical relationships, which Borges referred to
as the 'patria potestad.' Roger's analysis is accompanied by an
annotated bibliography documenting every mention of Kafka in
Borges's writing and a list of every Kafka text Borges read.
Kafka's influence is especially evident in the stories where Borges
was openly imitating Kafka-'La loteria en Babilonia' (1941), 'La
biblioteca de Babel' (1941), and 'El Congreso' (1971)-but it
features throughout Ficciones. Reading Borges's writing in light of
his interest in Kafka demonstrates his focus not just on the
individual's subordinate place in an infinite hierarchy but also on
the repercussions these circumstances had for a struggling author
like Borges, who was seeking to define himself through his writing.
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