What purpose does the narrator’s introduction of the philosophers Bertrand Russell, Nietzsche, and William James serve?What is Menard’s visible and invisible work, and what is the difference?
Assume that Menard did produce these pages “word for word.” What is the significance of the last paragraph? And what does he mean by “the art of reading?” Hint: “Cervantes’ text and Menard’s are verbally identical, but the second [Menard’s] is almost infinitely richer?” How can this be? To help guide you when reading this […]