Интертекстуалността като интерперсоналност
Intertextuality as Interpersonality

The Case of Borges and Eco

Author(s): Cleo Protokhristova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: Borges; Umberto Eco; The Name of the Rose
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses Umberto Eco’s idea to create the blind librarian Jorge of Burgos, a principal character in his novel “The Name of the Rose”, as a nod to the Jorge Luis Borges, who exercised major influence on the novel and the works of Eco in general. This artistic decision, qualified by the critique as an act of lèse-majesté, has provoked multiple commentaries. Here the case is examined in the light of the tension between the conscious indebtedness and the “anxiety of influence“ simultaneously experienced by Eco. The case is additionally contextualized in the framework defined by the Bulgarian reception of the two authors.

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