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Jorge Luis BorgesThe Circular Ruins
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1940A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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Explore the impact of Borges’s blindness later in life and how it affected his scholarship, themes, and works.
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Borges wrote “The Circular Ruins” shortly after the death of his father. In what ways can you see this personal experience reflected in the text?
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How did the rise of peronism affect Jorge Luis Borges? Can you trace this political movement through his poems and short stories?
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