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Modernism is a twentieth-century
literary movement that began in Europe. Influenced by new ideas in psychology,
the modernists explored the split between the artist's social and private
selves, seeing the artist as a lonely figure struggling in an insensitive
world. In Magic Realism, this concept manifests in liminality, multiple perspectives, unreliable narrators and non-linear narrative structures.
Read the poem by de Burgos (via Kindle). Like
"Borges and Myself," it explores the idea that the artist's everyday
self is divided from his or her creative self.
Answer the following questions:
1) How is de Burgo's view of this
division similar to Borges's? How is it different?
2) Which translation do you prefer? How
do the translations differ, and how might they tell slightly different stories?
(Note: The first translation is, indeed, significantly shorter than the
second.)
Your response should be 200-300 words. Post by Wednesday, 4/23@10PM. Respond to two of your classmates' posts by Thursday, 2/24@10PM. Replies to responses are encouraged, but not required.