Title

Facciones: Fictional Identity and the Face in Borges's “La Forma De La Espada”

Keywords

Fictional Identity, Borge, La Forma De La Espada, Facciones, Philosophy, Metaphysics

Abstract

A scar, as Homer knew long ago, is more than a distinguishable mark that permits one to be identified: it is promise of a story to be told. Upon Odysseues's return to Ithaca, his old nurse Eurykleia, without yet recognizing her mater, prepares to bathe his feet. Richmond Lattimore's translation renders the ensuing scene in these words"

Original Publication Citation

“Facciones​: Fictional Identity and the Face in Borges’s “La forma de la espada.’” ​Symposium: A QuarterlyJournal in Modern Literatures​ 53.3 (1999): 151-63.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010-04-03

Publisher

Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures

Language

English

College

Humanities

Department

Philosophy

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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