what are some similarities between the books Like Water For Chocolate and Chronicle Of A Death Foretold?.. like a topic on magical realism.. what are some things that are the same on how these books incorperate the use of magical realism by their authors
2007-11-23 02:14:36 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The first link offers some very good info on "Chronicle of a Death Foretold."
"E Magical Realism
Latin American culture gave birth to the literary genre of magical realism. While critics attribute its beginnings to the Cuban novelist and short story writer Alejo Carpentier they agree that Garcia Marquez has continued its tradition. The hallmark of magical realism is its roots in reality with a tendency toward the fantastic. That is, while everything a magic realist writes has a historical basis, it also has fictitious elements throughout. Emphasizing this point, Garcia Marquez said in an interview with Peter H. Stone in The Paris Review, “It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality.”
The second link does the same for "Like Water for Chocolate."
2007-11-23 02:34:18 · answer #1 · answered by johnslat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋