Identification and distance in literature: Reflections on the artistry of Jorge Luis Borges

TitleIdentification and distance in literature: Reflections on the artistry of Jorge Luis Borges
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of publication2000
AuthorVarga, A. K.
JournalLitterature
Issue117
Number of pages3-17
Publication DateMar
Article typeArticle
ISBN Number0047-4800
Abstract

Story-telling is based on generating images. Identification gets the reader to co-operate in telling the story. To distance reader and story, various techniques can be used-none stronger than Borges', who attacks the making of images through his tales, and vice-versa.

Alternate titleLitterature
The Diffusion of Borgesean Ideas