26 pages • 52 minutes read
The Circular Ruins
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1940
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Essay Topics
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Explore the impact of Borges’s blindness later in life and how it affected his scholarship, themes, and works.
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Borges wrote “The Circular Ruins” shortly after the death of his father. In what ways can you see this personal experience reflected in the text?
3.
How did the rise of peronism affect Jorge Luis Borges? Can you trace this political movement through his poems and short stories?
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