Lesson 4 (Latin American) Flashcards
It refers to all works of literature in Latin American
Latin American Literature
What languages consist of oral and written literature in Latin America?
Spanish, Portuguese, and the Indigenous languages of the Americas
It rose to particular prominence globally during the second half of the 20th century, due to the international success of the style known as __.
magic realism
It has a rich and complex tradition of literary production that dates back many centuries.
Latin American literature
It refers to the 20th literary movement.
Latin American Boom
The emergence of Romanticism led to the rise of magic realism in response to what?
harsh realities
Searching for a defining novel in Latin America in 1960 led to Marquez’s work entitled __.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
This novel is about the harmony of magic and reality, colonization, struggles, and history. The author’s hometown inspires it.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Julio Cortazar’s work has 155 chapters and multiple reading paths (side there, this side, and both sides).
Rayuela (Hopscotch)
He is one of most influential writers in Latin American Boom. He also won the 2010 Nobel Prize.
Mario Vargas Llosa
What does Llosa influence has?
Peruvian Identity
He is a Columbian writer considered as the ‘father of magic realism.’
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
He is a Chilean poet who wrote the ‘Residence on Earth’ (collection poetry of surrealism).
Pablo Neruda
What is Neruda’s collection of poetry inspired by surrealism?
Residence on Earth
He is a Mexican poet that has a surrealist imagery in his works.
Octavio Paz
Where does Paz’s works published?
Freedom Under Parole.
He is known for a fantastic stories in a collection ‘Ficciones.’
Jorge Luis Borges
He is a Cuban writer that is known for his work ‘The Kingdom of This World’ (novel of magic realism genre)
Alejo Carpentier
It is an art form that combines unrelated images or events in very strange and dreamlike way, major influence in 20th-century Latin American literature
Surrealism
It has a collective different literary movement. It is ‘Avant-garde’ in English.
Vanguardia
