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An 8 page paper which examines temporal/time flow and the influence of modernism and postmodernism in these Latin American literary works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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shaped by the times in which he lived. During his brief tenure as a member of President Juan Perons cabinet, Borges witnessed firsthand how reality could be manipulated by
an illusion that the citizens of Argentina wanted to accept as truth. Perhaps that is when he began to question whether or not time was a scientific phenomenon or
possibly yet another illusion perpetuated by man. To truly appreciate Borges works is to understand the historical context within which his most famous stories were written. World War
II forever altered perceptions of civilized man, and an era dubbed modernism represented an uncertain future. Modernism questioned everything, and in literature this meant that there were no formal
rules or precepts to follow. T.S. Eliot expressed the modernist authors intentions in his brief essay, "Tradition and the Individual Talent," in which the author insinuates himself into the
action in a scientific way that is depersonalizing or dehumanizing (Martin). In modernism, time is not a linear progression but circular, and surrounds man (usually the author/narrator) that occupies
the readers central focus. Two of Borges most famous stories, "The Circular Ruins" and "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," which appeared as part of the 1944 compilation entitled Ficciones, probed
time flow and temporality in ways that deviated from literary tradition and reflected a more modernist view of the world. As one critic noted, "Coming of age as a
writer at the height modernism, Borges... re-envisions... the basic theoretical tenets of the modern literary tradition" (Martin). In "The Circular Ruins," Borges considers the creation of man in a fantasy
setting of an island filled with historic ruins and a megalomaniac magician that seeks to create a son through his own dream processes. One reviewer proposed that this work
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