One hundred years of solitude Summary
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This document provides information about Gabriel Garcia Marquez's famous novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. It summarizes that the novel tells the story of seven generations of the Buendia family in the fictional town of Macondo from 1800 to the mid-1900s. It explores themes of fate, the endless cycle of time, and the power of language and reading. The document also provides background on Garcia Marquez and context about the setting and style of the novel.
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- 1. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE Casilla, Megan Capia-ao, Annie Lee Cercado, Creizel Agner, Jordache Arceo, Ivan James Acosta, Mercedes
- 3. • Aracataca, Columbia • Columbian Writer (novelist, journalist, screenwriter) • Latin American Boom • 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature • 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature
- 5. • Cien Años de Soledad, in Spanish, published on 1967 at Mexico City • Gregory Rabassa translated it to English, One Hundred Years of Solitude. • Modernism and/or Cuban Vanguardia (a group of avantgarde writers in the modern era) • Sold over 20 Million copies; translated into 200 languages • Novel. Third-person omniscient point-of-view • Literary device: Chronological time element with occasional flashback
- 6. • Setting: (Time) 1800’s-mid1900’s; (Place) Macondo • Tone: detached, the author made his emotion of detachment evident in the story since he wants the reader to feel Macondo as a magical place • Centralized characterization on the Buendia Family, especially Ursula Iguaran, the 1st generation Matriarch • Conflict: traditional man vs modern man • Based on true events like the Banana Massacre at the Banana Company • Talks about the 7 GENERATIONS OF THE BUENDIA FAMILY
- 7. Jose Arcadio Buendia Remedios Mascote Col. Aureliano Ursula Iguaran Rebeca Jose Arcadio II Pilar Ternera 17 Aureliano’s Aureliano Jose Remedios the Fernanda del Carpio Beauty Jose Arcadio IV Gaston Amaranta Pietro Crespi Arcadio Aureliano Segundo Sta. Sofia de la Piedad Petra Cotes Renata Remedios (Meme) Amaranta Ursula Melquiades Aureliano II Aureliano III Jose Arcadio Segundo Mauricio Babilonia Gabriel Marquez
- 15. “People could never escape their fate, time is as endless as a cycle and no one can escape an unceasing cycle” (decisions decide their fate) Cycle of Time (you cannot separate the past, present and future) Power of Reading and of Language (The use of written and abstract language)