English Exam (Magical Realism & Misc.)

Question 1

Dichotomy

Answer 1

a separation into divisions that differ widely form each other or contradict each other (ex. couples and singles, good vs evil, utopia vs dystopia)

Question 2

Microcosm

Answer 2

A community or unit that is seen as an epitome of a large unit

Question 3

Stoicism

Answer 3

The Stoics taught that destructive emotions resulted from errors in judgment, and that a sage, or person of “moral and intellectual perfection,” would not suffer such emotions

Question 4

Magical Realism

Answer 4

Transformation of the common and everyday into the awesome and unreal

Question 5

Elements of Magical Realism

Answer 5

• Elements of dreams, fairy story, or mythology combine with the everyday
• The frame or surface of the work may be conventionally realistic (ex. townspeople, village, flood, chicken coop)
• Have a strong narrative drive (ex. wings aren’t the most important difference between a hawk and an airplane. They are even less important in recognizing an angel)

Question 6

Gabriel García Márquez

Answer 6

• 1928-
• Lived in Aractaca, Colombia
• Which was a banana town by the Caribbean