博尔赫斯以其心灵所能达到的广度和深度,创造了一个由梦幻、游戏与存在编织而成的文学世界,被许多作家誉为“作家的作家”。然而无论是在普通读者还是专业作家那里,博尔赫斯作品的惊世传播总是伴随着接受的简化与误解。美国著名后现代主义小说家巴思对博尔赫斯及其作品就抱有这样的误解。在著名论文《精疲力竭的文学》(1967)中,巴思认为,旧有的文学样式,包括现代主义文学已经被耗尽,不再有任何的创造潜能,他认为现今的艺术家已经不可能写出像贝多芬的《第六交响乐》或建造出像沙特尔大教 Borges, with the breadth and depth that his heart can reach, created a literary world woven by fantasy, games and existentialism, which many writers call “writers”. However, no matter in ordinary readers or professional writers, the great spread of Borges’s works is always accompanied by the simplification and misunderstanding of acceptance. The famous American postmodernist novelist Bath misunderstood Borges and his works. In the famous paper, “Exhausted Literature” (1967), Bath believes that old literary styles, including modernist literature, have been depleted and no longer have any creative potential. He believes that it is impossible for current artists to write Like Beethoven’s “Sixth Symphony” or built like the Chartres