The Universe in a Nutshell: J.L. Borges and his Fictions

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A study of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century: Jorge Luis Borges. Explores his various creative registers, from his short stories in the vein of fantastic literature, to his poetry and his work as an essayist. The perspective of the course is comparative around topics (some seminal, some relatively unexplored) that Borges treats across a variety of literary genres. Taught in English.