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Argentinian motives reflected in Jorge Luis Borges' stories
Kavková, Kateřina ; Poláková, Dora (advisor) ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to introduce Argentinian traditions in Jorge Luis Borges' short stories. The corpus of the analysed works is created by stories from Cuentos completos, Debolsillo (2011) and Czech translation published by Argo (2009). This thesis focuses on definition of short story as literary genre and its evolution in Hispanic America. Following analysis of short stories presents Argentinian motives such as pampa, gaucho, Buenos Aires etc. and Borges' fascination for some aspects of barbarity. Borges' work reflects that Argentine is a very important theme for him. He transfers a lot of their opinions and postures to his work. Key words: Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina, story, pampas, barbarity, gaucho, cultural identity

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