tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785065039608350318.post1482196113505019490..comments2023-09-07T04:49:10.648-07:00Comments on Literature and the Contemporary: Borges Week 2 Prompt OneAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785065039608350318.post-90088398130402817542011-03-27T17:38:52.221-07:002011-03-27T17:38:52.221-07:00I loved the "mulligan" line in the first...I loved the "mulligan" line in the first paragraph, although I wondered if some of the material up to this point should have been lengthened.<br /><br />Thereafter, I found much of the story clever, but I badly wanted it to be developed in more surprising directions. Your understanding of a limited set of stories thoroughly discussed in class was clear; your discussion of Borges' eyesight was interesting; but what was really missing was anything that broadened your vision of Borges a little.<br /><br />I would have liked to see you apply some of this material, for instance, to the opening short story from "The Maker" (the one about Homer - I think it's the opening one, anyway). Vision, and the lack of it, is so important in so many of these stories - I wanted to see you expand your horizons a little.<br /><br />Not that any of your moves here were bad, or anything - it's just that nothing was unexpected, and in fiction, more than in essays, you usually (as opposed to occasionally) want to see the unexpected at work.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.com