Este-Oeste

Un breve comentario sobre el origen de la literatura alrededor del mundo. La teoría poligenista plantea que los cuentos se originaron en una época primitiva, salvaje, en varias regiones ya que distintos pueblos, en estado cultural semejante, crearon similares narraciones.
Lo mismo pasa a lo largo del tiempo. Comparen este cuento Zen:

When the spiritual teacher and his disciples began their evening meditation, the cat who lived in the monastery made such noise that it distracted them. So the teacher ordered that the cat be tied up during the evening practice. Years later, when the teacher died, the cat continued to be tied up during the meditation session. And when the cat eventually died, another cat was brought to the monastery and tied up. Centuries later, learned descendants of the spiritual teacher wrote scholarly treatises about the religious significance of tying up a cat for meditation practice.

Con este breve cuento de Kafka


Lo mismo con La noche boca arriba y este otro cuento Zen (no posteo directamente para no arruinar finales).

Fascinating