Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences
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Library, University of Illinois
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In this interview with Silvia Lemus, Gabriel García Márquez discusses his life and work from a highly personal stand point. This is an episode of the television program "Tratos y retratos."
"This article is about the role of García Márquez and particularly macondismo as an ideology in establishing the canonic validity of vallenato as a folk genre from the Colombian Caribbean. García Márquez's chronicles of the early 1950's are seen as foundational texts on the aesthetics and value of vallenato; texts which influence subsequent writings on the topic. One of the main topics explored is how these texts acquire canonic validity through the success of One Hundred Years of Solitude. It is then that macondismo - the Latin Americanist celebration of magical realism - becomes an interpretive metaphor for Colombia, and vallenato music becomes the sonorous emblem of this metaphor. This occurs through García Márquez's writings, his multiple interventions in Colombian vallenato festivals, and the way vallenato is subsequently taken by a journalistic elite of the country as representing a macondian sonorous paradigm. The article explores how these different elements coalesce in constructing a genealogy of aurality for vallenato, setting the parameters of its interpretive significance through multiple processes of folklorisation of the genre."
"Twenty years after Gabriel García Márquez received the Nobel prize, Ronaldo Menéndez, literary critic and lecturer, offers a de-mythified version of his creative world."
"When reciting the many qualities of Gabriel García Márquez's writing, critics invariably include his humor. Unfortunately, when readers have to read works in translation, they often miss much of the richness of the original work, including the humor. However, Gregory Rabassa's English translation of García Márquez still provides many linguistic pleasures, not the least of which is the discovery of symbolic repetitions and of the multilayered references submerged within an apparently simple sentence-particularly those that begin the different chapters. Indeed, this joy of discovery often erupts in outright guffawing when we realize that the devilish author frequently turns the references ironically on our expectations and even, on occasion, deliberately misleads us."
Copenhagen, Denmark : Institut d'études romanes de l'Université de Copenhague
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Library, University of Illinois
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40(2) : 274-88
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"Este artículo presenta un análisis de 'Relato de un náufrago,' opúsculo híbrido de la primera etapa de la obra de Gabriel García Márquez, en el contexto genérico de la llamada narrativa de naufragios. Partiendo de una observación sobre el renovado interés por la literatura de naufragios, se revisan algunos ejemplos históricos de esta forma textual que hacen eco en la obra. A pesar de la presencia del naufragio como 'tema' en la literatura e historiografía hispanoamericanos, llama al atención la ausencia de un género específico para su representación narrativa, algo que sí se da en la tradición portuguesa. Es la tesis del presente trabajo que 'Relato de un náufrago' representa una reinvención de la narrativa de naufragios para las letras hispanoamericanas, poniéndola a la vez al tanto con el contexto político y literario del siglo XX."
"Presents a contextual analysis of the books 'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,' by Gabriel García Márquez and 'The Lesson,' by Toni Cade Bambara. Overview of the story of each book; Subjects discussed in the books; Characters in the books."
This critical essay examines the theme of love in Gabriel García Marquez's work, which the author claims is "depicted as a doom, a demonic possession, a disease that, once contracted, cannot easily be cured."
San Juan, Puero Rico : Universidad de Puerto Rico Faculdad de Humanidades
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Library, University of Illinois
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31(2) : 59
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"George McMurray, in his 1985 article, commented upon the links between the apocalyptic ending of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' and the epiphany of Borges' 'El Aleph.' In this study I trace the origins of this vision in the work of the Colombian writer. As a young journalist, García Márquez wrote over 800 newspaper columns, several of which demonstrate his fascination for these pinnacle moments of vision or knowledge, a momentary glimpse of all time and space, an instant where the human imagination can capture the meaning of the universe. The novelist has repeatedly pointed to his early journalism as the laboratory for his mature fiction, the site that allowed him the opportunity for literary experimentation. It is my contention that the origins of the last Buendia's epiphany can be glimpsed in several columns which represent a leitmotif in García Márquez's early writing."
Salamanca, Spain : Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos
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Library, University of Illinois
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27(2) : 27-40
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"After locating US writer Jeffrey Eugenides against the background of recent minimalist fiction, this essay evaluates the influence of García Márquez's narratives 'Cien años de soledad' and 'Crónica de una muerte anunciada' on his first novel, 'The Virgin Suicides'. Centered on the novel's magical-realist features, the contrastive analysis contends that 'The Virgin Suicides' revives a distinctive modernist mythical impulse. Based on its literary borrowings, this impulse materializes in the endorsement of ancestral beliefs in a female principle and in the ethical demand to put an end to the gradual annihilation of the planet by post-industrial societies."
"In her article, 'Memory and the Quest for Family History in One Hundred Years of Solitude and Song of Solomon,' Susana Vega-González explores similarities between the novels of García Márquez and Morrison with a special focus on the use of memory and imagination. Based on theoretical models, Vega-González proposes that fictional representations are a means of rewriting history, a particular aspect of literary discourse. The texts under scrutiny constitute true quest stories of characters who search for their family history along their own identity amidst the dangers of capitalism and its excessive desire for progress and class ascent. The break with advocacy of hybridity are some of the features that link Morrison and García Márquez with magical realism, a literary mode that contributes to their rewriting of a history peopled with the ghosts of slavery, colonialism, and imperialism."
"Communities of people have different ways of explaining the world around them and events that occur to them, and these codes for interpreting reality can clash when brought into contact with each other. Latin American writers and scholars have often said that such a clash produces the atmosphere we have come to label magical realist in literature; construing the theory in quite territorial terms, they have claimed that the specific circumstances of Latin America have produced magical realism. In this essay, I explore the use if magical realism in a famous episode from García Márquez's 'Cien años de soledad'. The instance of the insomnia plague has fascinated readers and has attracted various interpretations from academics; these have usually been centered around cultural readings. I explore the passage from three distinct perspectives, cultural, historical and literary. García Márquez's 'Cien años de soledad' is a work rich in historical and literary sources, and in order to help determine the impact of political and cultural happenings upon his work, I have also referred extensively to García Márquez's recently published memoirs, which have enabled me to make reasoned judgments about the different spheres of influence upon García Márquez's work."
"The Western circus tradition provides a particularly relevant framework for representations of animals in magic realist fiction, since magic realism and the circus are both closely related to Bakhtin's idea of the carnivalesque. Conceptualized as 'circensian spaces', the circus' influence on magical realism manifests itself as what Foucault calls 'heterotopias', 'other spaces', which are inherently contradictory, polyphonic, and 'impossible to think'. As the circus traditionally represents, reinforces and at the same time subverts Western conceptualizations of animals, this discussion focuses on the relationship between Linnaean taxonomy and circensian spaces in Peter Carey's 'Illywhacker', Richard Flanagan's 'Gould's Book of Fish', Gabriel García Márquez's 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' and Isabel Allende's 'The House of the Spirits'. This article examines the significance of circensian animal spaces within the Australian and Latin American context, and discusses why 'circensian animals' may be particularly suitable agents in the subversion of Western paradigms."
"Este artículo presenta un análisis de 'Relato de un náufrago', opúsculo híbrido de la primera etapa de la obra de Gabriel García Márquez, en el contexto genérico de la llamada narrativa de naufragios. Partiendo de una observación sobre el renovado interés por la literatura de naufragios, se revisan algunos ejemplos históricos de esta forma textual que hacen eco en la obra. A pesar de la presencia del naufragio como tema en la literatura e historiografía hispanoamericanos, llama la atención la ausencia de un género específico para su representación narrativa, algo que sí se da en la tradición portuguesa. Es la tesis del presente trabajo que 'Relato de un naufrago' representa una reinvención de la narrativa de naufragios para las letras hispanoamericanas, poníendola a la vez al tanto con el contexto político y literario del siglo XX."
"Ahora que el realismo mágico es un capítulo de la historia de la literatura hispanoamericana, 'Cien años de soledad' revela su capacidad inagotada para tolerar y aun proponer nuevas significaciones, y entre ellas merece atención la que cabe relacionar con García Márquez y con su necesidad de dejar testimonio de su infacia, trascurrida en una casa grande y muy triste, con una hermana que comía tierra, una abuela que adivinaba el porvenir, un abuelo que evocaba recuerdos incesantes de una interminable guerra civil y numerosos parientes de nombres iguales que nunca alcanzaron a percibir claramente los límites que seraraban la demencia y la felicidad."
Santiago de Chile, Chile : Editorial Universidad Católica
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Library, University of Illinois
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30 : p66
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"El presente trabajo es parte del Seminario de Graduación del Depto. de Castellano en esta Universidad titulado 'Cien años de soledad, una novela mítica'. El seminario fue dirigido por la Prof. Adriana Valdés y en él participaron las siguientes alumnas: Sara Almarza, Inés Araya, Carmen Foxley, M. Elena Rodríguez, M. Isabel Spoerer, Marta Ulfe y Carmen Avaria."
Canada : Concordia University, Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Library, University of Illinois
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31(61) : pp. 236-238
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De Marinis states: "La extraordinaria y onerosa herencia legada por el boom de la literatura latinoamericana acercó como efecto inmediato para autores y críticos, una suerte de desconcierto y una búsqueda de caminos alternativos que permitieran superar tanto los fracasos de aquel movimiento como sus inadecuaciones respecto a los cambios contextuales que advinieron con el ocaso de la modernidad." He concludes "en el acto de la recepción, las clases marginales y periféricas (y sus artistas) procesan la información recibida, la transforman y la devuelven como acto de resistencia que las convierte en sujetos actives, productivos y, por ende, creativos, capaces de articular sus propios gustos y objetos estéticos."
Deborah Cohn examines the interplay of the Cuban Revolution and the promotion and translation of Latin American literature in the United States during the Latin American literature "Boom." She studies the motivations that promoted cross-cultural understanding and describes the success of prominent Latin American authors such as Gabriel García Márquez.
Caleb Bach discusses Gregory Rabassa, a translator of many famous Latin American Works. He talks about the Rabassa's greatest qualities as a veteran translator and the effects of his work in the preservation of writings by many Latin American authors, including Gabriel García Márquez.
Mary Lusky Friedman discusses the Memoirs of Isabel Allende and Alma Guillermoprieto. She compares and contrasts the works of these prominent writers to those of the Boom writers, including Gabriel García Márquez.
This article lists the Neustadt Laureates from 1970 through 2006. It also lists the Puterbaugh Fellows from 1968 through 2005. Gabriel García Márquez was a 1972 Laureate.
Washington, D.C. : Organisation of American States
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Library, University of Illinois
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57(1) : p. 64
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This article presents a short story written by Gabriel García Márquez about man named Abel Quezada. The story focuses on the issues dealing with Quezada's life and his personal troublings.
María José Navia discusses the work by Margarita Saona. Saona describes and analyzes the relationship between the novel and the nation in contemporary Latin American literature. Navia notes that the first chapters of Saona's work are dedicated to the writings of Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende, and José Donoso.
Washington, D.C. : Organisation of American States
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Library, University of Illinois
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59(3) : pp. 78-95
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Contreras discusses Mario Vargas Llosa's studies on Gabriel García Márquez and his work "Cien años de soledad." Contreras talks about the controversy as to why some of Llosa's work had not been translated and the issues with its publication.
Washington, D.C. : Organization of American States
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Library, University of Illinois
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63(4) : pp. 656-658
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Rosario studies and discusses the cultural and social implications of Ignacio López-Calvo's "God and Trujillo". Along with other analysis of the work, Rosario focuses on Calvo's view of Gabriel García Márquez, among others, during the dictatorship of Trujillo.
Arlington, VA : Society for Latin American Anthropology
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Library, University of Illinois
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12(1) : pp. 254-255
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Aizenberg studies the Latin American narrative and issues reflecting the "boom" era, but focuses on Latin American writings before the 1960's phenomena.
"This article, inspired by a TV interview with the Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel García Márquez, revises the ways that the fiction in One Hundred Years of Solitude has been accepted as history. In particular, it raises some questions about how literary critics and historians have accepted as history Garci?a Ma?rquez's rendition of the events during the strike that took place in Colombia in 1928. It examines the repressive nature of the Colombian regime and of the strike itself; it also examines the idea that following the strike there was a sort of 'conspiracy of silence' to erase the truth from the nation's history."
"Analyzes how the articulation of memory accomplishes a therapeutic purpose in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel `Chronicle of a Death Foretold.' Translation of the memory of events into language to reach the soothing consciousness of meaning; Plot; Central dramatic triad and characterology; Psychological structure of the novel; Sociocultural structure; Theory of seduction."-- EBSCOhost
London, UK : Routledge for the Institute of Psycho-Analysis
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Library, University of Illinois
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79(2) : 317-331
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"In this paper the author discusses the situation of children handed over to grandparents or to other relatives of the natural parents to be brought up. She notes that such children are faced with the riddle of their own filiation and postulates that this scenario often conceals an oedipal fantasy to the effect that the child concerned is the fruit of an incestuous relationship between a grandparent and the relevant parent. Following the example of Freud, the author adduces literary models for illustration. As with the Oedipus of Sophocles, the author shows how efforts to thwart the workings of fate actually bring about the consummation of the tragedy in the form of incest, which is favoured by the confused oedipal configuration in the families of handed-over children. The main argument is based on the characters and situations of two novels by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, written at different times in his life. With reference to the psychoanalytic literature on artistic creativity, the author shows the importance of the mid-life crisis in determining how Garcia Marquez came to terms with the fact of having himself been entrusted to grandparents as a child and how this situation is reflected in the works concerned." -- Scopus
"This Special Issue contains 12 papers on the theme of literature which holds representations beyond geographical reality, invoking instead states of mind, moods, and milieus, which widen our understanding of the world. Specifically, the following themes are addressed: the influence of Anglo-American humanist geography and the lesser known directions pursued by European humanist geographers; the experiences of a mental institution as portrayed by Janet Frame's Faces in the water; understandings of landscape and inscape from the writings of the eastern Ontario region; recent developments in literary resource interpretation; writing and iconography in romantic voyaging in the Alps; Dicken's representation of London and its reliance on verisimilitude; the texts of Beatrix Potter as a form of cultural communication; the works of Ippolito Nievo and what they reveal about the Friulian landscape; tellurism, mythical realism and magical realism in the works of South Americal writers Jose M. Arguedas, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Pablo Neruda; and poets and narrators and their local perceptions of Mendoza, Argentina." -- Scopus
"In the present review of twelve pieces produced by distinguished 20th century Latin American writers--Jorge Luis Borges from Argentina, Jorge Amado and Joa?o Ubaldo Ribeiro from Brazil, Jose? Donoso from Chile, Gabriel Garci?a Ma?rquez from Colombia, Alejo Carpentier from Cuba, Miguel Angel Asturias from Guatemala, Octavio Paz from Mexico, Mario Vargas Llosa from Peru?, Horacio Quiroga and Mario Benedetti from Uruguay and Arturo Uslar-Pietri from Venezuela--paragraphs or parts of paragraphs in which parasitological or entomological situations of the most varied hues are referred to or described, have been extracted in a selective form. Sometimes in these descriptions appear, local or regional expressions, without ignoring colorful folklore representations. For a easier interpretation these or part of these paragraph sentences have been arranged by thematic similarities. In a varied and kaleidoscopic vision, it will be possible to find protozoiasis (malaria, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, amebiasis), helminthiases (ascariasis, hydatidosis, trichinosis, schistosomiasis, cysticercosis, onchocerciasis), parasitoses produced by arthropods (pediculosis, scabies, tungiasis, myiasis), passing progressively to hemaphagous arthropods (mosquitoes, gnats, horse flies, bedbugs, ticks), venomous arthropods (Latrodectus spiders, scorpions, wasps, bees), mechanical vectors (flies and cockroaches), culminating with a conjunction of bucolic arthropods (butterflies, crickets, grasshoppers cicadas, ants, centipedes, beetles, glow worms, dragonflies)." --Scopus
Emil Volek discusses José Marti's work and the evolution of Mocondo and magical realism in Latin American literature. The article evaluates, among other aspects, the influence of authors such as Gabriel García Márquez on the establishment of magical realism.
"Using the analysis applied to a short fragment of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez as a basis, the author proposes to expose the elements which constitute the process of paternalization (knowledge, bisexuality, narcissism, Œdipal complex, identifications, parricide, the earth, woman and negative work). In conclusion, the author proposes several hypotheses concerning possible extensions of the concept of filiation."--Scopus
Juan Ángel Juristo examines the role of women in Spanish fiction. he discusses the increasing role women play in the politics, social dynamics, and economy of Spain. Juristo comments on the style of various authors and analyzes differences between Gabriel García Márquez and other prominent writers.
Ortega discusses the history of Cervantes' Don Quixote and the role of alternative spaces and locations in relation to the novel. He comments on Gabriel García Márquez' view that the climate in the valley is fresh and that people do not sleep in Cartagena to see the dawn of the Caribbean world.
New York, NY : Casa de las Españas, Columbia University
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Library, University of Illinois
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58(1/2) : pp. 175-184
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Earle studies the role of memory and imagination in Latin American nations. He focuses many influential and cultural factors including the works of Gabriel García Márquez.
Opinion. Comments on the ways that the fiction in the book, `One Hundred Years of Solitude,' was accepted as history, with reference to a television interview with Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Reaction of literary critics and historians to Garcia Marquez's rendition of the events during the strike that took place in Colombia during 1928; Examination of the repressive nature of the Colombian regime and of the strike.
London, UK : Routledge for the Institute of Psycho-Analysis
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Library, University of Illinois
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79(2) : pp. 317-331
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In this paper the author discusses the situation of children handed over to grandparents or to other relatives of the natural parents to be brought up. She notes that such children are faced with the riddle of their own filiation and postulates that this scenario often conceals an oedipal fantasy to the effect that the child concerned is the fruit of an incestuous relationship between a grandparent and the relevant parent. Following the example of Freud, the author adduces literary models for illustration. As with the Oedipus of Sophocles, the author shows how efforts to thwart the workings of fate actually bring about the consummation of the tragedy in the form of incest, which is favoured by the confused oedipal configuration in the families of handed-over children. The main argument is based on the characters and situations of two novels by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, written at different times in his life. With reference to the psychoanalytic literature on artistic creativity, the author shows the importance of the mid-life crisis in determining how Garcia Marquez came to terms with the fact of having himself been entrusted to grandparents as a child and how this situation is reflected in the works concerned.-- Scopus
"The article presents several lists of books related to Spanish literature featured in the publications of John Butt including "Writers and Politics in Modern Spain," by Hodder and Stoughton, 'Miguel de Unamuno: San Miguel Bueno, 'San Manuel Bueno, mártir,' by Grant and Cutler, 'A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish,' by Edward Arnold", and 'The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor,' by Gabriel García Márquez.
Méndez analyzes the works of Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, and Pablo Neruda. He takes into account their impact as writers and their role in creating works of historical significance.
Hart studies and analyzes Simón Bolívar. He studies his impact in Latin America and provides biographical and informational data. The end of the article details information on Bolívar's portrayal in García Márquez' work El general en su laberinto.