For more than half a century, Borges has been labeled as extremism, avant-garde, surrealism, fantasy literature, mysticism, metaphysics, magical realism and postmodernism. These labels seem to present a side, a part or a stage of Borges.
The creative characteristics of Borges
Poetry, prose and short stories are Borges' three major creative achievements, each with its own strong points and mutual reflection. There is an image saying that his prose reads like a novel; His novels are poems; His poems often make people feel like prose.
The bridge between the three is his thought. He is one of the three great poets in Latin America, who are equally famous with Paz and Nie Luda. His poetry has simple language, pure style and distant artistic conception.