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This paper explores the outlook of Jose Luis Borges on the role of the writer in his native Argentina. In the paper, he asks what are the Argentine traditions,responding that they are all of Western culture, which he finds alarming. It is clear that Borges is here aligning his home tradition with the values of Western culture, though it also appears that he is elevating Argentinian expression to a higher plane and stating that his people have more right to this tradition than do others.

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"Jose Luis Borges considers the role of the writer in his native Argentina. He first asks what are the Argentine traditions and then states, I believe our tradition is all of Western culture, and I also believe we have a right to this tradition, greater than that which the inhabitants of one or another Western nation have . . . For that reason I repeat that we should not be alarmed and that we should feel that our patrimony is the universe; we should essay all themes. . . (Borges 185) It is clear that Borges is here aligning his home tradition with the values of Western culture, though it also appears that he is elevating Argentinian expression to a higher plane and stating that his people have..."

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