A literary scholar argues that the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges used labyrinth imagery not as a metaphor for confusion, as is often suggested, but as a way of expressing structured infinities that challenge readers to grasp complex order.
Which observation, if true, would most strongly support the scholar's argument?
- A
Labyrinth imagery appears in many works of fiction.
- B
Borges was influenced by classical literature.
- C
Borges sometimes wrote in collaboration with other authors.
- Dcheck_circle
Borges's labyrinths are typically described with explicit, intricate rules of construction and are linked to themes of mathematical infinity rather than to disorientation.
Explanation
A provides direct textual evidence that Borges's labyrinths involve structure and infinity rather than confusion. B, C, and D are general background.