Writing for the future: Echeverria's El 'Matadero' and its secret rewriting by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares as La 'Fiesta del Monstruo'
| Title | Writing for the future: Echeverria's El 'Matadero' and its secret rewriting by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares as La 'Fiesta del Monstruo' |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Author | Wilson, J. |
| Journal | Forum for Modern Language Studies |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Number of pages | 81-92 |
| Publication Date | Jan |
| Article type | Article |
| ISBN Number | 0015-8518 |
| Keywords | "El matadero", "La fiesta del monstruo", Argentina, Argentine, Bioy, BORGES, Casares, Echeverria, history, Peron, Rosas, short story, violence |
| Abstract | By focusing on the draft quality of Echeverria's "El matadero", its popular language and the death of the "unitario", the article explores the work as a parable of on-going Argentine violence. "La fiesea del monstruo" by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares narrates the killing of a bookish Jew during the Peronist era. The two stories are linked through realism and history to suggest why violent confrontations erupt in history and fiction over many years. |
| Alternate title | Forum Mod. Lang. Stud. |
The Diffusion of Borgesean Ideas