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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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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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Gabriel García Márquez was born on March 6‚ 1928 in the town of Aracataca‚Colombia to Gabriel Eligio García and Luisa Santiaga Márquez.Soon after García Márquez was born‚ his father became a pharmacist. In January 1929‚ his parents moved to Baranquilla while García Marquez stayed in Aracataca. He was raised by his maternal grandparents‚ Doña Tranquilina Iguarán and Colonel Nicolás Ricardo Márquez Mejía. When he was eight‚ his grandfather died‚ and he moved to his parents’
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«The importance of reading books» Fulfilled by the student of the group 3333-1 Sheka Liza Contents 1.Introduction………………………………………………………………. 2 2. Books………………………………………………………………….... 3 2.1 What is a book? …………………………………………………. 3 2.2 Features of the book……………………………………………. 3 2.3 An electronic book………………………………………….….. 4 2.3.1 Advantages of e-book……………………………….… 4 2.3.2 Disadvantages of e-book……………………………… 5 2.4 Conventional book or e-book? ……………………………...… 5 3. Importance
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Book is the Best Friend I’ve always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library‚ says Jorge Luis Borges. “A true friend is your 2nd self”. This is my personal experience that‚ like human friends‚ books are our best companions. When I read a book‚ I feel like talking to my best friend. Every book I read moulds my strengths and shapes my personality. Book gives us education‚ knowledge and pleasure. Importance of reading books beggars description. Book is our great advisor because when we face
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include "A Lover" (1917)‚ "Autumn" (1919)‚ and "Opal" (1919)‚ all by Amy Lowell Magic Realism Fabulous and fantastical events are included in a narrative that otherwise maintains objective realism Magic Realism Authors include Jorge Luis Borges Borges and Zora Neale Hurston (More specifically the scene with talking vultures in "Their Eyes were Watching God) Minimalism Extreme restriction of a work’s contents to a bare minimum of necessary elements Minimalism Authors include
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Jorge Luis Borges THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK (1970) Translated by Norrnan Thomas di Giovanni in collaboration with the author Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)‚ an outstanding modern writer of Latin America‚ was born in Buenos Aires into a family prominent in Argentine history. Borges grew up bilingual‚ learning English from his English grandmother and receiving his early education from an English tutor. Caught in Europe by the outbreak of World War II‚ Borges lived in Switzerland and later
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traditions that attempted to establish a sense of national identity‚ and which often focused on the indigenous question or the dichotomy of "civilization or barbarism"‚ for which see‚ say‚ the Argentine Domingo Sarmiento’s Facundo (1845)‚ the Colombian Jorge Isaacs’s María‚ Ecuadorian Juan León Mera’s Cumandá (1879)‚ or the Brazilian Euclides da Cunha’s Os Sertões (1902). Such works are still the bedrocks of national canons‚ and usually mandatory elements of high school curricula. Another instance of
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Each individual in the world that is living at this moment has a past. For a select few of these individuals‚ the past has more longevity in comparison to others. Although many vary in the length of it‚ the kind of past is relevant for everyone. A person’s past consists of different events and situations that all combine to create memories that live inside of their mind. Many of these memories created stay with a person for an extended period of time. For countless others‚ the memories become non-existent
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra‚ Spanish novelist‚ playwright‚ poet‚ and creator of Don Quixote‚ is the most famous figure in Spanish literature. His writings have become legendary‚ influencing many of today’s writers. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra lived an unsettled life of hardship and adventure. To begin he was born in Alcalá de Henares‚ a small town near Madrid‚ into a family of the minor nobility. Much of his childhood Cervantes spent moving from town to town while his father sought work. In
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