What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to reinterpret Borges's essays by applying pataphysical concepts to understand his blend of reason and unreason.

Towards Pataphysical Surrationalism: Jorge Luis Borges and the Crevices of Unreason

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark

Authors

This article analyzes Borges's essays on paradoxes through pataphysics, highlighting their challenge to rational thought.

The aim is to reinterpret Borges's essays by applying pataphysical concepts to understand his blend of reason and unreason.
Analyzed Borges's essays on Zeno's paradoxes in relation to pataphysical theory.
Used Alfred Jarry's and Christian Bök's frameworks to frame Borges's approach to logic and creativity.
Explored the themes of order and chaos as seen in Borges's texts.
Borges's texts exemplify a form of pataphysics that embraces paradox.
The analysis reveals how Borges challenges conventional rationalism by exposing logical exceptions.
His work offers a playful yet serious approach to understanding contradictions in thought.

Zofia Grzesiak (2026) studied this question.

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark