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Ranjeet Tate
Ranjeet Tate

A relativistic, text-observation based analysis of Borges' El Sur. Read the text first, and read my blog for complete description.

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Borges' El Sur : Conclusions There are 4 epochs, distinguished by their time- scales: I: years/line of text II: days/line of text III: hours/line of text IV: minutes or seconds/line of text Within each epoch, Borges distorts the linearity of the flow of time by at least an order of magnitude.
Chart explanation X-axis is the line number in the text Measure and plot chronological time vs line number on slides 4-7. You can see the distortions within each epoch. Derivative of the above is the lapse, or the rate of flow of time. Take the log of the lapse, plot it vs the line number in the chart on the next slide. You can see the distinct epochs.
Log(lapse) vs. line#
Stage I: Antecedents
Stage II: Buenos Aires
Stages III and IV: Train voyage and rural cantina
I use the visible change in the time- scales to justify two epochs instead of one, and the text itself to decide where to draw the line between epochs III and IV
Stage IV: The rural cantina

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  • 1. Borges' El Sur : Conclusions There are 4 epochs, distinguished by their time- scales: I: years/line of text II: days/line of text III: hours/line of text IV: minutes or seconds/line of text Within each epoch, Borges distorts the linearity of the flow of time by at least an order of magnitude.
  • 2. Chart explanation X-axis is the line number in the text Measure and plot chronological time vs line number on slides 4-7. You can see the distortions within each epoch. Derivative of the above is the lapse, or the rate of flow of time. Take the log of the lapse, plot it vs the line number in the chart on the next slide. You can see the distinct epochs.
  • 6. Stages III and IV: Train voyage and rural cantina
  • 7. I use the visible change in the time- scales to justify two epochs instead of one, and the text itself to decide where to draw the line between epochs III and IV
  • 8. Stage IV: The rural cantina