French Literature Reviews - 2026
C. Fernandes, El hacedor de Jorge Luis Borges : des textes à l'oeuvre
Francophone and Oral Literatures
Carla Fernandes, El hacedor de Jorge Luis Borges : des textes à l'oeuvre
Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 2015.
EAN 9782867819612
16,00 EUR
Publisher's overview:
El hacedor was published after three decades dedicated to writing fiction and essays in the life of Jorge Luis Borges, who had been struck by the tragedy of hereditary blindness. Focusing on poems and prose pieces, the contributions gathered here all seek to demonstrate how and why these miscellanies—written and published between 1934 and 1960 and imbued with Borges's art and magic—ultimately come together to form a cohesive collection. The echoes and manifold variations running through the Argentine writer's entire oeuvre make it all the easier to overlook the non-organic genesis of this collection. This publication fills a gap in the scholarly literature dedicated to an author whose influence extends far beyond Latin American literature, while also appealing to students, from undergraduates to those preparing for competitive teaching exams, who have long been drawn to Borges and challenged by the myriad complexities of his texts.
Carla Fernandes is a senior lecturer and researcher at Bordeaux Montaigne University. She has authored numerous articles on Latin American culture and four books, including Augusto Roa Bastos. Écriture et oralité (Éd. L’Harmattan, 2001) and Écritures du mal. La boîte de Pandore (Éd. Puf, 2010).
Published by Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, the volume edited by Carla Fernandes examines the varied poems and prose pieces that make up Jorge Luis Borges's El hacedor. Written and published between 1934 and 1960 during a period marked by the onset of blindness, these miscellanies have often been viewed through the lens of their disparate origins. The contributions gathered in this study explore how the echoes and manifold variations present across these writings ultimately come together to form a cohesive collection, reflecting the broader currents of the Argentine writer's entire oeuvre.
Readers interested in Latin American literature and the complex textual dynamics of Jorge Luis Borges may find this study relevant. Carla Fernandes is a senior lecturer and researcher at Bordeaux Montaigne University who has authored numerous articles on Latin American culture and four books, including studies on Augusto Roa Bastos and literary themes of evil.