LIT 4303
Dr. Lillios
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude
Reading Assignment: Read the book by Tuesday, March 22
Schedule:
Tuesday, March 15: Biography of Marquez, beginning of the novel, genesis of Macondo, role of knowledge in the text, nature of the characters and their quests, characteristics of Magical Realism
Thursday, March 17: Continue discussion of magical realist elements in the novel, Biblical allusions, the banana company and colonialism
Monday, March 21:
Submit journal entry to http://www.postww2lit.blogspot.com (see below) by midnight. Be sure to sign your entry.
Tuesday, March 22: Discuss blog entries in class (be sure to bring a hard copy of your own entry to class. Role of love in the novel and its relation to the structure. Marquez’s world view.
Journal 6 Assignment:
Read selection, “Magical Realism in Spanish American Fiction” by Angel Flores. To search, go to JSTOR, type in “Angel Flores” and look for the 4th item.
What are the magical realist elements in the novel? What view of the world do they represent? How does Marquez link together the magical and realist aspects? How do you as a reader process the magical realism in the story? Is this an effective technique to handle extreme experience?
Write about a page or 200-250 words and then post to blogspot. Please try
to read the entries of the other students in class before Tuesday. You can post a comment on their entries, if you wish.
