"Deutsches Requiem" by Borges. The Asceticism of the Fascist Subject

The critics that have analyzed Jorge Luis Borges’ “Deutsches Requiem” (1946) have usually focused on the moral inconsistencies committed by its protagonist and narrator, a Nazi officer: Otto Dietrich zur Linde. Otto explicitly states that the goal of Nazism was the destruction of Judeo-Christian val...

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Main Author: Luis Bautista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2020-08-01
Series:Catedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana
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Online Access:http://catedraltomada.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/catedraltomada/article/view/392