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response - Borges
Feb. 8th, 2012 04:42 pmThis is a response to the following prompt from house_of_enshu - the piece itself came out a little too academic and dry so i'm posting it here.
'I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.'
— Jorge Luis Borges
The idea of literary Prompts is not a new one. Ancient Greek and Roman writings reveal a wealth of plays, prose, philosophy and history created as a direct response to one another. In the Western literary tradition we see this first in addendums and footnotes to scientific and religious works which, in turn, lead to newly created texts – sometimes the cause of deep tears within the cultural fabric of the day.
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'I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.'
— Jorge Luis Borges
The idea of literary Prompts is not a new one. Ancient Greek and Roman writings reveal a wealth of plays, prose, philosophy and history created as a direct response to one another. In the Western literary tradition we see this first in addendums and footnotes to scientific and religious works which, in turn, lead to newly created texts – sometimes the cause of deep tears within the cultural fabric of the day.
( Read more... )
