“Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius” o la idolatría:una lectura en clave atlántico-bíblica

Abstract

This article analyzes J. L. Borges’s short story “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”, in light of biblical myths of rebellion, and the legend of Atlantis as it was reinterpreted by Francis Bacon and later by Nazism. The analysis situates the story in relation to modern scientific utopias and dystopias, and emphasizes the role of the character Ezra Buckley, who synthesizes and satirically inverts the two traditions in which those myths are inscribed, the Bible and Platonic Idealism. Closely linked to these elements, two major themes arise: the printing press and the Apocalypse. In terms of Jewish tradition, the short story can be considered as a parable and a denunciation of idolatry.

Keywords

• Bible
• Atlantis
• science
• Ezra
• idolatry
• totalitarianism