Memory Forged in Genocide: What Nietzsche Meant for Borges.

This article examines Jorge Luis Borges's critical appropriation of Friedrich Nietzsche through a reading of "Funes el memorioso" (1942). I argue that Nietzsche, specifically his account of forgetting, is an important intertext in the story. Borges critiques Nietzsche's exaltation of forgetting, on...

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Publicado en:	Modern Philology Vol. 123; no. 1; pp. 103 - 126
Autor principal:	Ortiz, Pedro Hurtado
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of Chicago Press Aug2025
Materias:	Funes el memorioso (Short story) Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 Philosophers Philosophy in literature Genocide in literature Nationalism in literature
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