Sharing a Dream: The Lucid Dreamscapes of Jorge Luis Borges and Can Xue

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Abstract

In particular, I look at how traces of Zhuangzi’s butterfly dream appear in the oneiric fictions of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, and how, in turn, Borges’ dream-worlds have inspired Chinese author Can Xue to create a new kind of literary dreamscape.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages2
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventExploring the China Dream: Trajectories and articulations of soft power in the sinophone world - Kräftriket 4A, Stockholm, Sweden
Duration: 2016 Aug 152016 Aug 16
http://www.su.se/asia/kinesiska/aktuell-information/conference-china-dream-1.288423

Conference

ConferenceExploring the China Dream
Country/TerritorySweden
CityStockholm
Period2016/08/152016/08/16
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Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • Dreams
  • Chinese literature
  • Can Xue
  • Jorge Luis Borges
  • Literary dreamscapes
  • Zhuangzi

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