Foreshadowing as Technique and Theme in "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

Ciplijauskaité, Biruté

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“…These dichotomous concepts are also taken note of by other critics. For example, (Ciplijauskaite, 1973) maintains that cyclical reiteration, paradox, and parallelism, are tightly interwoven with the main themes of the book.…”

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“…Major portions of the novel evince a pattern of equivocality and vagueness, which is the hallmark of Magical Realism in Latin American literature in general and One Hundred Years of Solitude in particular. The novel's ambiguity is heightened by the transposition and confusion of senses and sensations (Ciplijauskaite, 1973). So, ambiguity, presentiment, and foreboding are the fundamental structural elements of the novel and, obviously, Melquiades is the major contributor in this regard.…”

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The Pivotal Role of Melquiades in The Magical Realism of One Hundred Years of Solitude

John,

Saeed,

Kamran

et al. 2023

Pak. J. Humanit. Soc. Sci

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Melquiades is a complex and enigmatic character in One Hundred Years of Solitude. His suspension between fact and fantasy marks him as the signature contributor to the magical realism for which the novel is widely acclaimed. This study aims to examine the nature of his role in the interaction between reality and unreality which seems to portend the fortunes of the Buendia family and the fate of their town Macondo. Since his character is marked by a recurring ebb and flow between verity and illusion, it is expedient to deploy the lens of a theory or theories which deal with the symbiotic relationship between these two polar opposites which, in their various perspectives and permutations, coalesce to form the unique depiction of magical realism in this novel. To this purpose, two theoretical works are utilized in this study. The first is Magical Realism: Theory, History, Community (1995) by Roh, F. et. al., and the second is A Short Melquiades is a complex and enigmatic character in One Hundred Years of Solitude. His suspension between fact and fantasy marks him as the signature contributor to the magical realism for which the novel is widely acclaimed. This study aims to examine the nature of his role in the interaction between reality and unreality which seems to portend the fortunes of the Buendia family and the fate of their town Macondo. Since his character is marked by a recurring ebb and flow between verity and illusion, it is expedient to deploy the lens of a theory or theories which deal with the symbiotic relationship between these two polar opposites which, in their various perspectives and permutations, coalesce to form the unique depiction of magical realism in this novel. To this purpose, two theoretical works are utilized in this study. The first is Magical Realism: Theory, History, Community (1995) by Roh, F. et. al., and the second is A Short History of Myth (2000) by Armstrong, K. The conclusion reached is that Melquiades is to be perceived, not as a human character, but as a metaphorical representation of various abstract values as are identified and discussed in this study.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Pivotal Role of Melquiades in The Magical Realism of One Hundred Years of Solitude

John,

Saeed,

Kamran

et al. 2023

Pak. J. Humanit. Soc. Sci

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“…Fantasy is a key element in literary works falling under the category of magical realism. Fantasy was depicted as "… lies between the real explicable and supernatural, with a continuous fluctuation of boundaries and an uncertainty intensified by the total absence of the narrator's guiding point of view" (Ciplijauskaité 1973).…”

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Exploring Chinese Experimental Literary Translation: Translation of Latin American Magic Realism into Modern Chinese

Ji¹

2015

Fudan J. Hum. Soc. Sci.

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The main purpose of this paper is to develop useful empirical research methods to advance the understanding of experimental Chinese literary translation. This will be based on an empirical corpus-based study of two modern Chinese versions of Gabriel García Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. The case study reveals that in translating linguistic events, textual features and cultural phenomena that are unknown to the target audience, for example, magical realism, into Chinese, translators may adopt a range of translation strategies and tactics that lead to significant differences between the genre of the translation and the corresponding genre in the target language. New linguistic expressions and writing techniques introduced by experimental literary translation will either be normalised by existing writing conventions or be accepted by the target readership which in turn will expand and enrich the target language and cultural system.

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