Centennial reflections: Jorge Luis Borges and Churchill

• Robin Fiddian ^[1]
  1. [1] Wadham College, Oxford
• Localización: Bulletin of Spanish Studies, ISSN-e 1478-3428, ISSN 1475-3820, Vol. 100, Nº 5, 2023, págs. 727-733
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Borges’ thoughts on centenaries evince a complexity that his enthusiasts should bear in mind when hurrying to celebrate his first hundred years in the literary domain. Focusing on the moral paradox of ‘Tema del traidor y del héroe’, this study notes the betrayal of the epic possibilities of a national and family centenary, and finds a similar scepticism in a later poem, ‘Elegía de la patria’. As a counterweight, an essay written in January 1965 on the death of Winston Churchill advocates forms of commemoration that are free of pomp, are compatible with irony and have a sense of beauty.