This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "Pierre Menard, Author Of The Quixote" which can be found in Collected Fictions. 

If focuses specifically on the main portion of the story, where the author discusses Pierre Menard's "other, subterranean, interminably heroic production", namely that of writing the Don Quixote, a project which he was able to carry out in part before his death. We look at the inspiration, the motivation and intention, and the method of this work, and the author's own assessments of the superiority of Menard's over Cervantes' Quixote.

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Jorge Luis Borges - Pierre Menard, Author Of The Quixote - Menard's Unfinished Production

Mazungumzo-Dialogue

Juma Anamsalimia Esther

Mazungumzo-Part I

Nations:  What are they?  Are they defined by language, by “culture,” by blood, or something else?    How do you know if you are part of one? —and  is everyone in the world a member of one nation or another?
We follow how the rise of medieval kingdoms and universities and the print revolution made it possible for people in the West to imagine themselves as part of extended kinship groups united by a common language and ancestry, how these abstract “nations” differed from all earlier social groupings, how nations have developed a standard template for national history and mythology, and how since the French Revolution, “nationalism” has inspired the loyalties and fired the passions of millions.
Finally,  we consider how scholars and critics have torn the concept of the nation to shreds, and then have tried to account for the profound transformations in consciousness and time made it possible for people to conceive of themselves as belonging to nations in the first place.

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Suggested further reading: B. Anderson, "Imagined Communities"; Ernest Renan, "Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?"; Grosby, "Nationalism: A Very Short Introduction"; Potter, "The Historian's Use of Nationalism and Vice Versa"

Music:  “Danse du Grand Calumet de la Paix” / “Forets Paisibles,” from the opera-ballet “Les Indes Galantes,” by Jean-Philippe Rameau & Louis Fuzelier, 1735, performed by Les Arts Florissants, with vocalists Patricia Petibon & Nicolas Rivenq.

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Myth of the Month 25:  Nations

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Welcome to Polyglots Language Academy. I’m Tim Darwinkel. Today I’m reading 'The Gossip of Valley View' by Lucy Maud Montgomery . This is the original text—best for advanced learners. Adapted versions for intermediate and beginner levels are available at polyglots.co.

The Gossip of Valley View - Original

Welcome to Polyglots Language Academy. I’m Tim Darwinkel. Today I’m reading 'The Gossip of Valley View'  by Lucy Maud Montgomery ’. This an adapted version—best for intermediate learners. The original text and an adapted beginner version are available at polyglots.co.


The Gossip of Valley View - Intermediate

Welcome to Polyglots Language Academy. I’m Tim Darwinkel. Today I’m reading 'The Gossip of Valley View' by Lucy Maud Montgomery ’. This an adapted version—best for beginners. The original text and an adapted intermediate version are available at polyglots.co.

The Gossip of Valley View - Beginner

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