The South (Borges story) | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 19 pages of analysis & critique of The South (Borges story).

The South (Borges story) | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 19 pages of analysis & critique of The South (Borges story).
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SOURCE: “Structure as Meaning in ‘The South,’” in Borges and the Kabbalah, Cambridge University Press, 1988, pp. 65–76.

In the following essay, Alazraki argues that the structure of Borges's story, “The South,” is instrumental in creating a complexity in the text that allows two contradictory value systems to be represented as coexisting.

Quand j'ai écrit “Le Sud,” je venais de lire Henry James et de découvrir qu'on peut raconter deux ou trois histoires en même temps. Ma nouvelle est donc ambiguë. On peut la lire au premier degré. Mais aussi considérer qu'il s'agit d'un rêve, celui d'un homme qui meurt à l'hôpital et aurait préféré mourir sur le pavé, l'arme à la main. Ou celui de Borges qui préférerait mourir comme son grandpère le général, à cheval, plutôt que dans son lit—ou encore que l'homme est tué par son...

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This section contains 5,087 words
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