The double in Borges: An analysis of four short stories “The other”, “The South”, “The improbable imposter Tom Castro” and “The dead”

Authors

  • Juciane Cavalheiro Universidade do Estado do Amazonas
  • Rosa Maria Tavares Fonseca Universidade do Estado do Amazonas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7917.2011v16n1p154

Abstract

The figure of the Double can be found in several exemples when we talk about Jorge Luis Borges’ short stories. In this research, we have stabilished some general considerations about the idea of alterity. Besides, it has been done some analysis of the short stories in which we can observe a fragmented self as well where there is a confrontation between the self and the other. Our purpose is to verify how the relationship between the self and the other takes place and also the relation between the self with himself in the process of duplication. In this context it has been used some concepts of Bakhtin as excedente de visão and self-conciousness, as part of the theorectical support. A divided being as noticed in some of the characters in the analysed short stories can be a way the author managed to show his perception of subjetivity, in a global meaning. It is this divided  being between the self and the other that Borges tryes to capture.

Author Biographies

Juciane Cavalheiro, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas

Juciane Cavalheiro: Doutora em Linguística pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Mestre em Linguística Aplicada pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS, Graduada em Letras pela UNISINOS. A tese e dissertação centraram-se na Interface Literatura e Linguística da Enunciação, com análise das obras de Franz Kafka. Professora Adjunta do Curso de Letras e Coordenadora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da Universidade do Estado do Amazonas.

 

Rosa Maria Tavares Fonseca, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas

Bolsista de Iniciação Científica da Universidade do Estado do Amazonas.

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Published

2011-06-30

How to Cite

CAVALHEIRO, Juciane; FONSECA, Rosa Maria Tavares. The double in Borges: An analysis of four short stories “The other”, “The South”, “The improbable imposter Tom Castro” and “The dead”. Anuário de Literatura, [S. l.], v. 16, n. 1, p. 154–170, 2011. DOI: 10.5007/2175-7917.2011v16n1p154. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/literatura/article/view/2175-7917.2011v16n1p154. Acesso em: 26 dec. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2011)

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