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The main objectives of this thesis are, on the one hand, the examination of the thought of the Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno regarding Argentinian history, language, and literature. On the other hand, it deals with the possible influence Unamuno might have exercised on the early works of the Argentinian writer, Jorge Luis Borges. Doing so, I cover areas which have not been researched thoroughly. A secondary objective is also covered: the literary output of Borges from 1920 to the early 1930s, often neglected by literary criticism. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part contextualizes the time and place in which the two writers lived. A brief examination of the sociopolitical situation in Argentina and Spain is carried out as well as a brief look at the cultural state of the two countries. Unamuno's attitude towards his own country is set in relation to his ideas about Argentina. I show how Unamuno related the decadence of Spain to the development of Argentina, and how the latter was, for him, the Spain that could have been but was not, the Spain of the future. The second part details the areas in which Unamuno perceived this identification between the two countries. The historical development of Argentina and Spain is examined according to Unamuno's views. Argentinian Spanish is compared to Castilian Spanish. Finally, I deal with Unamuno's views about Argentinian literature, emphasizing his opinions about gauchesque works, avant-garde movements, and key literary figures like Sarmiento and Hernández. The third part deals with Borges' ideas about Argentinian history, language, and literature. On the one hand, Borges' ideas are examined on their own; on the other, they are set in relation to Unamuno's opinions. In some cases, the influence of the Spaniard in the Argentinian is noticeable. In other cases, however, the disagreement is obvious.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Liberty University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thèse (Ph.D.)--Université de Montréal, 1998. / Mode d'accès : Web Genre de fichier informatique: Monographie électronique en format HTML. Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 6 nov. 2002) Disponible à partir du catalogue en ligne des thèses soutenues à l'Université de Montréal. CaQTU CaQTU

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-29T14:12:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_4618_Pedro Demenech.pdf: 1561001 bytes, checksum: 824c74616fb8d3b83fa74c273e6fb959 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05-29 / Esta dissertação aborda a modernização de Buenos Aires pela ótica do escritor argentino Jorge Luis Borges, durante os anos de 1920. Nesse sentido, propõe-se a apresentar algumas questões trabalhadas por ele nos anos em que Buenos Aires adquiriu as características de cidade moderna, como afirmou Beatriz Sarlo. Assim, analisa-se a visão borgiana sobre o processo instaurador da modernidade em Buenos Aires e seu criollismo. Outro aspecto trabalhado toca na questão do desenvolvimento de uma cultura urbana portenha concomitante à consolidação da capital como centro cultural e político argentino. Ao ter-se estudado a história de Buenos Aires durante a intensificação da modernização, utilizou-se a obra de Borges como fonte para compreender a desenvoltura desse acontecimento na urbe portenha.

El artículo busca presentar las reflexiones acerca de la conciencia interna del tiempo de Edmund Husserl, compiladas en las Lecciones de fenomenología de la conciencia del tiempo de 1928, a la luz del retrato que hace Borges del personaje del cuento Funes el memorioso. Intenta mostrar cómo es que en ambos casos están presentes los mismos cuestionamientos acerca de nuestra experiencia del tiempo y de la persistencia de nuestra identidad en la memoria, y cómo ambas concepciones implican una crítica al atomismo moderno y al empirismo radical. Primero se analizan, por un lado, las descripciones fenomenológicas de Husserl acerca de nuestra percepción de los objetos y, principalmente,del concepto de retención, y por el otro, la conciencia entendida como flujo. Luego, a partir de la caracterización que hace Borges de Funes, el personaje del cuento, y del retrato de su memoria y de la manera como experimenta el mundo a través de la percepción de instantes infinitos, se pretende ilustrar la validez de las concepciones husserlianas arriba mencionadas, dando cuenta de que Funes constituye la representación o puesta en escena de un imposible.

Jorge Luis Borges, a literary figure intimately linked to Argentina's sense of cultural identity, has evoked both veneration and vilification among the country's intellectuals and the general public. Despite the vast amount of work written about his life and work in Argentina and abroad, no comprehensive examination of the construction of the author as an Argentine cultural icon has been produced so far. This thesis focuses on Borges as cultural signifier and it examines the often conflicting facets of the construction of Borges as icon. It argues that the ideas, hopes, fears and demands that Argentine people have placed upon the author - thus constructing the icon - are also those that allow them to define their cultural identity. Thus, the study sheds light on the mechanisms of the ongoing construction of Argentine identity and exposes the complexity of the process by drawing from critical, political and media discourses.The main images and conceptions of Borges examined and contested in the present work include his perceived social, political and intellectual elitism; his perceived positioning as a writer detached from Argentina's socio-political reality; the interpretation of his admiration for English literature as a way of disregarding Argentine culture; and finally the image of the author as a perpetual old blind sage with no links to popular culture. The study of these images and conceptions is elaborated through the analysis of biographies, photographs, comic strips and the promotion of so-called 'Borgesian' spaces in the city of Buenos Aires. These are studied in relation to the socio-political, historical and cultural contexts in which they were produced.This study is based on the view that the intertwined processes of the construction of the icon and of identity formation are fluid and in constant development. In this way, the thesis does not seek to reveal an essence of Borges; it aims to uncover the complexity of the operations that constitute the definition of Argentine cultural identity through Borges, focusing on the process rather than on an end result.

Tesis para optar al grado de Doctor en Filosofía con mención en Estética y Teoría del Arte / La presente tesis doctoral se propone realizar una investigación en torno al género filosófico-literario del ensayo, tomando como modelos, en el caso del ensayo filosófico, la obra temprana de Georg Lukács y, en el caso del ensayo literario, la obra de Jorge Luis Borges. Ambos autores, en sus respectivos ámbitos, introducen en la práctica ensayística del siglo XX innovaciones que nos parecen relevantes para el pensamiento estético de la actualidad. Con vistas a cumplir el objetivo planteado, es que la primera parte de la tesis desarrolla una indagación respecto al papel que la filosofía clásica (en la antigüedad Aristóteles, en la modernidad, Kant y Hegel) otorga a la literatura. Ello nos permite introducirnos de mejor manera en la crisis –filosófica y literaria- que supone el cuestionamiento de la estética clasicista y la emergencia de la forma literaria como asunto central de la escritura moderna. El ensayo, como forma, adquiere mucho de su vigor, como forma filosófica y literaria, del problema anteriormente enunciado. Por lo mismo, es que el horizonte biográfico es uno de sus componentes de origen (al ser un género que surge y se expande a partir de una crisis social que repercute en el ámbito privado). En virtud de ello es que hacemos un recorrido, histórico y conceptual, sobre la biografía y lo biográfico en filosofía y literatura. Histórico y conceptual, puesto que revisamos obras filosóficas y literarias donde el tema es tratado, así como algunas concepciones significativas sobre lo mismo. Luego, dedicamos dos capítulos al ensayo filosófico de Georg Lukács. El primero de ellos entrega una interpretación general de su obra temprana y el segundo se concentra en los aportes principales de su escritura ensayística. En el caso de Jorge Luis Borges aplicamos el mismo procedimiento. Un capítulo interpretativo del conjunto de su obra, para finalizar con una lectura de su obra ensayística.

How do we establish objectivity when each person’s perspective is uniquely subjective? Borges’s “The Writing of the God” shows how an epistemically isolated subject is incapable of ever arriving at a robust sense of objectivity without reference to an Other. Donald Davidson’s theory of interpretive triangulation posits that the Other’s external perspective establishes objectivity by making the subject aware of the limits of his or her perception. Emmanuel Levinas suggests that the face of the Other establishes ethics as first philosophy through a primordial, affective discourse. The ethical relation is what undergirds the questions of epistemology which Davidson addresses.