Don Quijote y Sancho - Pablo Picasso 1955

Con su cuento-ensayo “Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote” (1941), Jorge Luis Borges nos hace reflexionar que, desde que El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha salió a la luz en 1605, se han producido—reescrito—tantos Quijotes como lecturas ha tenido. Es ese sentido, Borges se adelanta al momento en que la teoría de la recepción—que destaca la relevancia del lector en la producción de significado—se hizo popular y revolucionó la teoría literaria.

Abstract

With “"Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" (1941), Jorge Luis Borges makes us reflect on the fact that, ever since The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha was published in 1605, as many Quixotes have been re-written as readers this novel has had. Consequently, Borges’ thoughts were ahead of the time the reception theory—that emphasizes the role of the reader in the production of meaning—became popular and revolutionized literary theory.