Apr
4
Span 365 McOndo
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The various stories read are a lot different form the other books read. They feel more real, they deal with real life and have more basic and human themes, the most prominent of which is sex and relationships between people as well as life.These storie…
Apr
4
Las calles desconocidas
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Después de leer los textos, me di cuenta que este tipo de escritura es muy diferente que el de las obras de García Márquez, Asturias y Carpentier. Como explique en la introducción, McOndo es un país que se adelanta del reino del realismo mágico y…
Apr
4
Cuentos de McOndo
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Estos cuentos de McOndo me parecen relevantes, y exploran cosas que puedo entender porque son evidentes en nuestro mundo tan globalizado. Exploran problemas o asuntos que yo he experimentado en mi vida. Los cuentos que he escogido son “La Noche de u…
Apr
4
McOndo
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Estos cuentos me parecen bien raros. Los elegí al azar: “El vértigo horizontal,” “Sólo hablamos de la lluvia,” “He conocido a mucha gente,” “La mujer químicamente compatible,” y “Gritos y susurros.” Después de leer todos, me …
Apr
3
“Amor a la distancia”: a punch in the face
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A new mode of writing. One in which a story becomes internalized, vastly personal. The story, yes, can be communicated to readers; maybe they can even empathize with it. But the feeling of collective memory, of applicability to all: that’s gone. This …
Apr
3
Relatability and contrast and comparison. All works thus far.
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Starting with McOndo. As the editors of the book indicate, Westerners for the most part are consumers of mass-created products and ideas of lo latinoamericano. And those products and ideas seemed to stop advancing by the end of the 1960s, or thereabout…
Apr
3
Seeking reality.
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I don’t think it’s that these authors and their stories in McOndo have miraculously appeared after the BOOM, but that North America (et al.) just wasn’t aware of their existence. As media is able to manipulate the beliefs and perspectives that the gen…
Apr
2
summary of readings
Posted by: | April 2, 2010 | Comments Off on summary of readings
As mentioned in the beginning of the term magical realism was going to be introduced to us in moderation. Three different writers who all used different approaches in the use of magical realism in their works allowed for a well-rounded analysis that ma…
