ENCW 202 Spring 2022
Posted in Incest, One Hundred Years of Solitude on Mar 24th, 2022
Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses magical surrealism throughout his works to explore interpersonal relationships, societal structures, and norms and to analyze the intermingling of human nature and constructed rules. One Hundred Years Of Solitude delves into familial relations within the realm of family life as well as the implications beyond familial bounds. Macondo, a “city built of mirrors,” […]
Posted in One Hundred Years of Solitude on Mar 24th, 2022
The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez has become a classic staple in literature and for good reason. The novel has so many complex layers with many different and complex characters (the majority of whom, for some reason, have the same name). There are so many unique things that intrigue me about this […]
Posted in Curses, One Hundred Years of Solitude on Mar 24th, 2022
100 Years of Solitude is a story about the Buendía family, whose patriarch founded the town of Macondo and whose line has been condemned to “one hundred years of solitude.” The curse spans from the original marriage of the family’s patriarch, Jose Arcadio Buendía, to Ursula Iguaran, his first cousin. The “curse” is multifaceted, manifesting […]
Posted in Curses, Incest, Isolation, One Hundred Years of Solitude on Mar 23rd, 2022
Cien Años de Soledad or One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez blends the fantastical with realism to tell the story of one family’s misery. After Macando is founded by José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán it spans over seven generations of Buendías before the town is destroyed and scoured from the earth. […]
Posted in One Hundred Years of Solitude on Mar 23rd, 2022
Gabriel Garca Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude is a historical novel about the secluded town of Macando. It also focuses on the Buendias, the family that established the town. Only when visiting gypsies came into town did they have any contact with the outside world. The arrival of the gypsies brought with them new […]
Posted in One Hundred Years of Solitude on Mar 22nd, 2022
“Wherever they might be they always remember that the past was a lie, that memory has no return, that every spring gone by could never be recovered, and that the wildest and most tenacious love was an ephemeral truth in the end.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude has etched its way into […]
Posted in One Hundred Years of Solitude on Mar 17th, 2022
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Garcia Marquez is so packed full of strange happenings, a few of which are very similar to other stories we have read in the class, such as The Memory Police and “The Great Awake.” In One Hundred Years of Solitude, Rebeca brings insomnia to Macondo, which over time causes memory loss. Eventually everyone begins […]
Posted in Insomnia, One Hundred Years of Solitude on Mar 17th, 2022
Chapters 1-3 in One Hundred Years of Solitudes reminded me of several stories we have read throughout the year. It shared common themes and elements with The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa and “The Great Awake” by Julia Armfield. I’m reminded of these two stories because of the plague that is brought to the town: Insomnia. In this story insomnia is […]
Posted in Incest, Isolation, One Hundred Years of Solitude on Mar 16th, 2022
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude follows the Buendía family and the town of Macondo, which was founded by their patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía. The family and the town that they founded are plagued by supernatural occurrences and technological advancement, the differences between which are sometimes confused, such as with the introduction of ice […]