Deconstructing Jorge Luis Borges’ “Pierre Menard, Author of The Quixote”
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In case you missed it, Idea Channel started a book club. We read one thing, so far: a short story by Argentine Magical Realist Jorge Luis Borges, titled “Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote.” It’s about a man–Pierre Menard–who rewrites portions of Cervantes’ Don Quixote. Sort of. Written as a sort of literary review slash defense, the short is from the point of view a colleague and admirer of Menard, who describes Menard’s inspiration, process and success at not simply COPYING Don Quixote, but actually WRITING IT, word for word, as though for the first time. What Menard asks specifically is how, exactly, the meaning of Don Quixote–one of the first novels of the Western Tradition and arguably the greatest Spanish language novel of all time–changes if readers think of it as having been written by a Frenchman, a “symbolist from Nîmes”, and not the 17th Century Spanish Novelist Miguel de Cervantes. In general, what Menard does is to use the meaning an author and their background brings to a work to make the case that READING is a itself a kind of WRITING or even… AUTHORSHIP. But don’t take our word for it. Read the short story and contribute on the subreddit or in the comments below!
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–BOOK CLUB–
This story: https://www.reddit.com/r/pbsideachannel/comments/4zdvd3/ic_bookclub_pierre_menard_author_of_the_quixote/
Next story:
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– 1 to 1.5 mangoes, sliced
– 1 banana, sliced
– Dollop of whatever yogurt you like, I ain’t gonna judge. I do plain lowfat
– OJ to taste (Pineapple juice is also good but I never have it around)
– Squeeze of honey
–FURTHER READING ON MENARD–
Pierre Menard, the Sur-realist
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/complitstudies.53.1.0114
Towards Pierre Menard (open access)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2906630
Borges’ Revisioning of Reading (open access)
https://www.borges.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/1905.pdf
A Companion to Jorge Luis Borges (book)
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