Ontological Uncertainty in Three Stories by Jorge Luis Borges

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• fiche de synthèse - matière potentielle : as a plot
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Ontological Uncertainty in Three Stories by Jorge Luis Borges David Cross Charleston Southern University Jorge Luis Borges possessed a profound interest in literature, critical theory, and philosophy and used his writing to comment on these topics. However, he questioned the authenticity of the systems of expression and explanation on which these three topics are based, and criticized their role in the subjectivity of human knowledge. Given his familiarity with different languages and cultures—especially those of Arabic-Muslim origin, Borges is conscious of the problems related to the transmission of ideas.

• use of intertextuality
• literal interpretation of the koran—conflict with the external interpretation
• own inability
• validity of the external interpretation
• lack of a fixed point of reference
• critical theory
• reality
• literary criticism
• story
• interpretation