Latin American Literature
Things to Consider:
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Time / Chronology / History
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Loyalty (i.e. to family, to country, to posterity)
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Race
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Nationality(ies)
Discussion Questions:
399:
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From what period does Latin American literature date?
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According to Edith Jackson, what "dual trajectory" has Latin American
letters taken?
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1966)
399:
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According to Edith Jackson, what do the library and the labyrinth represent
in Borges's work?
"The Garden of Forking Paths" (1941)
402:
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Who is Dr. Yu Tsun?
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What is the significance of the first two pages being gone (how do we
know there are two)?
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Who is Capt. Richard Madden? Why is he after Tsun?
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Who is Runeberg?
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What secret does Tsun hold?
403:
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Why does Tsun want to reveal this secret to the Germans?
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Why does Tsun buy a ticket for a more distant station? What might this
represent?
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Explain: "The author of an atrocious undertaking ought to imagine
that he has already accomplished it, ought to impose upon himself a future
as irrevocable as the past" (403).
405:
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What is a circular book?
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What is the Thousand and One Nights?
406:
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Explain the discussion of chess.
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Explain: "Time forks perpetually toward innumerable futures" (406).
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Why does Tsun kill Albert?
407: