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Borges on Martín Fierro concerns Argentinian Jorge Luis Borges's comments on José Hernández (writer) outlaw. In his book of essays, Borges displays his typical concision, evenhandedness, and love of paradox, but he also places himself in the spectrum of views of ''Martín Fierro'' and, thus, effectively, gives a clue as to his (Borges's) relation to nationalist myth. Borges has nothing but praise for the aesthetic merit of ''Martín Fierro'', but refuses to project that as indicating moral merit for its protagonist. In particular, he describes it as sad that his countrymen read "with indulgence or admiration", rather than horror, the famous episode in which Fierro provokes a duel of honor with a black gaucho and then kills him in the ensuing knife fight. ==Borges on "gauchesque" poetry== Borges emphasizes that "gauchesque" poetry was not poetry written by gauchos, but generally by educated urban writers who adopted the eight-syllable line of the rural ''payadas'' (ballads), but often filled them with folksy expressions and with accounts of daily life that had no place in the "serious and even solemn" ''payadas''. He views these works as a successful impersonation, facilitated by the interpenetration of rural and urban cultures, especially in the Argentine military. The author of ''Martín Fierro'' was one of the few gauchesque poets who ever actually lived as a gaucho. Borges has far more respect for the early gauchesque poets than does Lugones, whom Borges sees as reducing them to mere precursors, "sacrificing them to the greater glory of ''Martín Fierro''". In this respect, Borges singles out the "happy and valiant" poetry of Ascasubi, which he contrasts to Hernández's tragic lament. Borges clearly relishes the paradox that Ascasubi, a soldier with extensive experience of combat and whose work sometimes borders on the autobiographical, is at his most vivid in describing the Indian invasion of Buenos Aires province, which Ascasubi did not witness. Borges is somewhat less impressed with Estanislao del Campo, author of ''Fausto'', whom he characterizes as the most rural of the gauchesque poets in his diction, but the least comprehending of the mindset of the ''pampas''-dweller. In contrast, he points out that Hernández is much closer to the language (if not the subject matter) of the ''payadas'', relying far more on dialect spellings than exotic words to create his atmosphere, and, in the scenes within his poem where ''payadas'' are sung, showing his ability to write strictly within the ''payada'' form. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Borges on Martín Fierro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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