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This class offers an introduction to the life and works of world-renowned Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges. It offers students an opportunity to make an in depth examination of several of his most notable essays, short stories, and a few of his poems. The class is centered on texts which refer directly or indirectly to the relationship between national identity and religion. Questions will arise, such as: are literary portrayals of Islam related to politics? Do all Argentines consider that Argentine-Jews are Argentinean? Why is this? If we are the West, what is the Orient?