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Gabriel García MárquezA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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Short Answer
1. What is magical realism? Can you name any works of fiction from the magical realism genre? If you’re unfamiliar with the term, what comes to mind when you hear it? What characteristics might a story from this genre include?
Teaching Suggestion: Magical realism is an advanced genre of literature that includes magical or fantastical elements. Understanding magical realism as having multiple layers of truth and perception is important so students can understand the metaphors in this story.
2. What do you know about the country of Colombia? What do you know about rural/country life in general? What images come to mind when you think about Colombian country life?
Teaching Suggestion: It is possible that students have pre-conceived notions of Colombian country life, which can be used to analyze Márquez’s criticism of small-town dogmatic thinking.
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