By Shlomy Mualem

Jorge Luis Borges´ philosophical fiction and Plato´s highbrow dramas are might be the main complex documents in Western heritage of makes an attempt to artfully interweave mythos and symbols, argumentation and narrative, inspiration and mind's eye. Their juxtaposition, offered within the following research, goals at demonstrating the advanced connections among classical and smooth literature and concept. The research indicates how the Platonic point of view sheds new mild on Borges´ essayistic and fictional paintings, offering what Wittgenstein calls a facet swap in contemplating Borges´ literary and theoretical paintings as an entire textual corpus. the 1st a part of the research bargains with 3 theoretical topics: the interrelation of fantasy and emblems, the hunt for wisdom, and the speculation of the archetypes. the second one half is extra aesthetically orientated, getting to inventive idea, literary illustration, narrative id, the character of the written note, the act of analyzing, and the act of writing. All in all, the research strives to occur the level to which Borges´ suggestion is deeply rooted in classical doctrines and Platonic topics, and, in keeping with that, to supply new interpretations to Borgesian tales and poems.

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