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'

TítuloWriting for the future: Echeverria's El 'Matadero' and its secret rewriting by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares as La 'Fiesta del Monstruo'
Tipo de documentoArtículo de revista
Año de publicación 2007
AutorWilson, J.
RevistaForum for Modern Language Studies
Volumen43
Ejemplar1
Número de páginas81-92
Fecha de publicaciónJan
Tipo de articuloArticle
Número ISBN0015-8518
Palabras clave"El matadero", "La fiesta del monstruo", Argentina, Argentine, Bioy, BORGES, Casares, Echeverria, history, Peron, Rosas, short story, violence
Resumen

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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