Read the intersignality: The Library of Babel by Borges and The strange Library by Murakami

DOI: 10.18173/2354-1067.2021-0002

Abstract

Reading by the intersignality theory for the similarities and differences between Murakami and Borges's "Library" works. This reading helps to extend the approach of the texts to the hidden problems in the signs that the two writers have used consciously or unconsciously when writing. With intersignalities, every sign or text is a rewriting of the signs that have been used before. This is the immutable principle of both in the process of composing and receiving. Reading of the intersignality indicates that the role of the reader will be as important as the creator himself in finding the meanings of the works.