The parody in Death and the Compass by Jorge Luis Borges as a Metaphysical Detective Novel.docVIP

The parody in Death and the Compass by Jorge Luis Borges as a Metaphysical Detective Novel 　　Abstract： The emergence of metaphysical detective novels changed the situation that traditional detective novels are often criticized as vulgar literature for its escaping from reality and its purpose of recreation and stimulus. Jorge Luis Borges is one of the forerunners of metaphysical detective fiction. Especially， some of his short novels become the classics of metaphysical detective novels. In this thesis， I will try to analyze the parody of one of Jorge Luis Borges’ representative metaphysical