is considered an early prototype of hypertext. Quite further into the timeline‚ an Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges published "The Garden of Forking Paths". It is a novel that can be read in multiple ways‚ a hypertext novel. Borges described this in 1941‚ prior to the invention of the electromagnetic digital computer. Not only did he arguably invent the hypertext novel—Borges went on to describe a theory of the universe based upon the structure of such a novel. Borges’s vision of "forking
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The Name of the Rose is the first novel by Italian author Umberto Eco. It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327‚ an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction‚ biblical analysis‚ medieval studies and literary theory.Umberto Eco‘s novel The Name of the Rose was first published in 1980‚ in its original language‚ Italian. Shortly thereafter‚ it was translated into several other languages‚ helping Eco attain his first global hit. In his old age‚ Adso
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to him‚ so he would not know the events that occurred in it (Raffa 102). Instead of sailing back home to Ithaca‚ Dante explains how Ulysses convinced his men to sail with him beyond the Pillars of Hercules to “experience the world beyond the sun” (Borges 3; Alighieri 26.109). After he and his men passed through the Strait of Gibraltar‚ they continue sailing to the southwest. After five months of traveling‚ Ulysses and his men laid eyes on the Mountain of Purgatory. Ulysses relayed how “Our cheers
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writing poetry becomes more difficult for him. It is perhaps not accidental that similar limitations affected other personalities‚ such as Beethoven‚ who‚ as composer‚ lost his hearing‚ Michelangelo‚ who as an artist lost also his sight‚ or Jorge Luis Borges‚ whose blindness didn’t prevent him from writing. The next theme is light‚ strongly related with the theme of limitation. Light represents what can be perceived with the eyes‚ but it also has the meaning of spiritual light. The poet expresses
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celebrated example of magic realism is Gabriel García Márquez ’s One Hundred Years of Solitude (1971)‚ an extraordinary blend of realism‚ myth‚ comedy‚ and history‚ rendered in lush‚ poetic language. Other sources of magic realism are the stories of Jorge Luis Borges‚ Mario Vargas Llosa‚ and Julio Cortazar. The technique is artfully represented in European literature by Milan Kundera ’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984). In American literature‚ magic realism‚ evident earlier in the stories of Bernard
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The Consequences of Puritan Depravity and Distrust as Historical Context for Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown" Puritan doctrine taught that all men are totally depraved and require constant self-examination to see that they are sinners and unworthy of God’s Grace. Because man had broken the Covenant of Works when Adam had eaten from the Tree of Knowledge‚ God offered a new covenant to Abraham’s people which held that election to Heaven was merely a possibility. In the Puritan religion‚ believers
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musicians of his time because he tried to find new ways to approach harmony and melody by using techniques that had previously been mastered by composers like Beethoven‚ Mozart and Bach. Some of his most important musical contributions were: the Ein Deutsches Requiem‚ which Brahms composed for the death of his friend Robert Schumann and of his mother; the Hungarian Dances‚ which were among some of his most popular works; “Brahms’ Lullaby”‚ which he composed for the birth of a friend’s child; and Brahms’ Symphony
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Theme of the Traitor and the Hero by JORGE LUIS BORGES So the Platonic year Whirls out new right and wrong‚ Whirls in the old instead; All men are dancers and their tread Goes to the barbarous clangour of a gong. W. B. Yeats: The Tower Under the notable influence of Chesterton (contriver and embellisher of elegant mysteries) and the palace counselor Leibniz (inventor of the pre-established harmony)‚ in my idle afternoons I have imagined this story plot which I shall perhaps write someday
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In Jean Luis Borges’ short story "The Gospel According to Mark"‚ we see the main character Baltasar Espinosa in subtle yet powerful comparison to Jesus Christ. Borges uses the formal aspects of setting‚ symbolism‚ & tone to explore a main theme of Christianity and the influence it has on those who don’t fully understand it. He puts his main character in a setting that allows him to become Christ like in the eyes of the primitive Gutres family. There are many examples of the theme throughout
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Gnosticism‚ idealism‚ and materialism are Philosophical concepts and beliefs that are recurring in Jorge L. Borges collection of short stories in Labyrinths. Idealism is the perception of reality depends upon the mind rather than external objects. Materialism a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter. Gnosticism the thought and practice especially of various cults of late
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