The Aleph | Compare and Contrast
1940s: Latin-American literature is not widely studied in North American high schools or universities.
Today: Many universities sponsor whole departments devoted to Latin-American literature; works by writers such as Borges, Julio Cortazar, and Gabriel García Márquez are included in many high school curricula.
1940s: Argentina’s fascist Perón government grows in power; Borges is eventually removed from his post at the Miguel Cane Municipal Library for signing anti-Perón petitions.
Today: Since the overthrow of Perón in 1955,...
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