Feb
7
Asturias y Carpentier: Lo que he aprendido:
Posted by: | February 7, 2010 | Comments Off on Asturias y Carpentier: Lo que he aprendido:
En mi opinión, ambos libros- Las leyendas de Guatemala y El reino de este mundo- son libros fascinantes que abren una ventana en las culturas y tradiciones de Latinoamérica. No tenia conocimiento previo de estos tipos de libro y fue un poco difíci…
Feb
7
Span 365-Reflections on the Material So Far
Posted by: | February 7, 2010 | Comments Off on Span 365-Reflections on the Material So Far
Me ha gustado los textos por lo mayor parte hasta ahora. Tenía dificultidades con Leyendas de Guatemala en que tenía buscar por muchas palabras en el diccionario, pero cuando entendí el texto finalmente, encontré que la historia, aunque extraño, …
Feb
7
365 so far
Posted by: | February 7, 2010 | Comments Off on 365 so far
So far in this class I have enjoyed reading Asturias and Carpentier and analyzing their works to better understand their writing styles and influences that inspired them. Asturias’ focus was covering the origins and history of the indigenous culture …
Feb
7
Nuestro curso hasta ahora.
Posted by: | February 7, 2010 | Comments Off on Nuestro curso hasta ahora.
Cuando por primera vez registradas para esta clase sabía que iba a aprender mucho debido a de mis clases anteriores con Jon. Me gusta cómo el realismo mágico es nuestro tema, ya que entrelaza historias reales con la magia, y por eso el material no e…
Feb
7
El Realismo Mágico: ¿un poco mas claro?
Posted by: | February 7, 2010 | Comments Off on El Realismo Mágico: ¿un poco mas claro?
A un lado, si, al otro, no. Si, porque he aprendido mucho sobre esta idea que antes no la sabia mucho. Antes de este curso, no pude explicar lo que es el realismo mágico. Lo describía como un tipo de literatura en que no se puede entender completamen…
Feb
7
mala mia
Posted by: | February 7, 2010 | Comments Off on mala mia
me acabo de dar cuenta de que todos mis blogs hasta ahora expresan mi obsesion sobre el mundo de los suenos. I can’t help it! Este realismo magico no me deja parar de pensar en los suenos. intentare parar de scribir sobre ellos en mis blogs, se que a…
Feb
7
SPAN 365 Blog 4
Posted by: | February 7, 2010 | Comments Off on SPAN 365 Blog 4
Hablando con mi novia, estábamos discutiendo si el realismo mágico esta afectando nuestros sueños o no. Yo rechazaba obstinadamente la idea de que nuestros sueños podrían ser afectados por el realismo mágico. Yo decía esto porque me parece que…
Feb
7
Remix Manifesto
Posted by: | February 7, 2010 | Comments Off on Remix Manifesto
En relación con la tema de la estructura de la clase, no tengo nada mal que decir. Inicialmente me sorprendió que tenemos tareas como mantener un blog y mejorar un artículo de Wikipedia, pero ahora estoy contenta con estos innovaciones. También me alegre que ahora hay más blogs con fotos e imágenes relacionados con lo […]
Feb
7
El curso hasta hoy
Posted by: | February 7, 2010 | Comments Off on El curso hasta hoy
Bueno, que decir.Durante todo el curso, yo pensaba en el discurso que pasa entre este tema, o estilo, literario, el realismo magico, y los suenyos. Obviamente podemos ver las semejanzas entre los dos, en una luz estetica, pero ?cual afecta al otro? Cua…
Feb
7
Review of Asturias and Carpentier
Posted by: | February 7, 2010 | Comments Off on Review of Asturias and Carpentier
One thing that I found particularly interesting while anayzing the first book was the proffessor`s question on what is real and what isn`t. I found that after reflecting upon what aspects of the book were real, the focus of my reading changed and I was better able to understand the point of the books. For example, it didnt matter anymore why in the world there were three birds talking up in a tree, the greater point was the environment (setting), the athmosphere, the historical events and the cultural way or recounting events (for example dividing time according to the morning, afternoon and evening) that were real and significant in the book. The birds may have been people but afterall the author of the book would not have known the characters and written down word for word their conversations anyways, so it doesn;t matter who the characters are. if they had been people they would have been just as imaginary as the birds!
I took this different mindset into my reading of the second book, which I found to be more reality-based: there were significantly more historical events and characters included, and the distinction of reality versus fantasy became secondary to philosophical reflections in this novel. I found TiNoel’s conclusions at the end of the novel to be extremely moving, since they reflect a past reality that still applies today. Furthermore as we saw in class, it can be interpreted in various different ways. (Without class discussions, for example, I would not have noticed that many interpretations are possible, which is usually what happens with books: each person sees what they want int he book). I therefore feel like the focus of the first book was more the use of fantasy in order to put across to the reader the culture and conflicts of the time, whereas the focus of the second book was to not only to show what historical events and cultural conflicts were like at the time they occurred, but also to make the reader reflect on the situation and the conflicts, both past and present.
