include "A Lover" (1917)‚ "Autumn" (1919)‚ and "Opal" (1919)‚ all by Amy Lowell Magic Realism Fabulous and fantastical events are included in a narrative that otherwise maintains objective realism Magic Realism Authors include Jorge Luis Borges Borges and Zora Neale Hurston (More specifically the scene with talking vultures in "Their Eyes were Watching God) Minimalism Extreme restriction of a work’s contents to a bare minimum of necessary elements Minimalism Authors include
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Jorge Luis Borges THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK (1970) Translated by Norrnan Thomas di Giovanni in collaboration with the author Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)‚ an outstanding modern writer of Latin America‚ was born in Buenos Aires into a family prominent in Argentine history. Borges grew up bilingual‚ learning English from his English grandmother and receiving his early education from an English tutor. Caught in Europe by the outbreak of World War II‚ Borges lived in Switzerland and later
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traditions that attempted to establish a sense of national identity‚ and which often focused on the indigenous question or the dichotomy of "civilization or barbarism"‚ for which see‚ say‚ the Argentine Domingo Sarmiento’s Facundo (1845)‚ the Colombian Jorge Isaacs’s María‚ Ecuadorian Juan León Mera’s Cumandá (1879)‚ or the Brazilian Euclides da Cunha’s Os Sertões (1902). Such works are still the bedrocks of national canons‚ and usually mandatory elements of high school curricula. Another instance of
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra‚ Spanish novelist‚ playwright‚ poet‚ and creator of Don Quixote‚ is the most famous figure in Spanish literature. His writings have become legendary‚ influencing many of today’s writers. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra lived an unsettled life of hardship and adventure. To begin he was born in Alcalá de Henares‚ a small town near Madrid‚ into a family of the minor nobility. Much of his childhood Cervantes spent moving from town to town while his father sought work. In
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Humans are resilient. Like chameleons‚ human beings can adapt and transform themselves in various ways. Certain types of transformations can be attributed to biological needs and drives‚ while others arise from personal motives or fantasy. Human transformation can be seen in myriad genres of film‚ literature‚ and art throughout various cultures. The idea of transformation can be seen as a reoccurring theme in the literature of Latin American culture. This notion of human metamorphosis is also visible
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This example‚ among others‚ allows Di Tella to evoke a general atmosphere of suspicion‚ personal risk‚ and disappearance. Meanwhile‚ archival films show General Videla visiting the Buenos Aires Book Fair‚ where he is greeted by none other than Jorge Luis Borges. Videla also appears onscreen visiting a school where the children receive him as a new national
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Chapter 4 (85-94) – “The fire was dead…” to the end. What is the Importance of this section in the plot of the novel? How does this passage help our understanding of the main characters? How does it help us to understand what Golding is trying to say in the novel as a whole? The major event of these few pages is the first sentence. “The fire was dead.” This is clear and simple‚ like Ralphs anger at the confirmation of his fears at the fact it has gone out; this is exaggerated further by the
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Therefore‚ the director’s extensive use of reminiscences and his drastic manipulation of plot time‚ although regarded as ordinary now‚ were considered almost “traumatic” for the age‚ since they disrupted the conventional linearity expected of classical Hollywood’s narratives. In order to accustom audiences to this new storytelling device‚ Welles introduced flashback sequences in the plot through well calibrated dissolve techniques and wipe transitions. It is also interesting to notice that
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The author‚ Joseph Brodsky‚ of this passage taken from “How to Read a Book” from On Grief and Reason‚ presents the reader with an enigmatic literature dilemma that individuals face in determining what they should read. This dilemma questions how to manage all the literature material that is presented continuously and how to decide what one should read‚ as there is limited time of one existence. This passage has an educative‚ informative‚ and didactic tone to present this dilemma‚ as it tries to inform
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is considered an early prototype of hypertext. Quite further into the timeline‚ an Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges published "The Garden of Forking Paths". It is a novel that can be read in multiple ways‚ a hypertext novel. Borges described this in 1941‚ prior to the invention of the electromagnetic digital computer. Not only did he arguably invent the hypertext novel—Borges went on to describe a theory of the universe based upon the structure of such a novel. Borges’s vision of "forking
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