Writing for the future: Echeverria's El 'Matadero' and its secret rewriting by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares as La 'Fiesta del Monstruo'

TitreWriting for the future: Echeverria's El 'Matadero' and its secret rewriting by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares as La 'Fiesta del Monstruo'
Type de publicationArticle de périodique
Année de publication2007
AuteurWilson, J.
JournalForum for Modern Language Studies
Volume43
Parution1
Nombre de pages81-92
Date de publicationJan
Type d'articleArticle
Numéro ISBN0015-8518
Mots-clés"El matadero", "La fiesta del monstruo", Argentina, Argentine, Bioy, BORGES, Casares, Echeverria, history, Peron, Rosas, short story, violence
Résumé

By focusing on the draft quality of Echeverria's "El matadero", its popular language and the death of the "unitario", the article explores the work as a parable of on-going Argentine violence. "La fiesea del monstruo" by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares narrates the killing of a bookish Jew during the Peronist era. The two stories are linked through realism and history to suggest why violent confrontations erupt in history and fiction over many years.

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