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- Title
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Indigenous Myth, and Meaning.
- Authors
Corwin, Jay
- Abstract
Since 1968 the mythological content of One Hundred Years of Solitude has been examined from a perspective that is almost exclusively Western. Central, key elements of this novel strongly parallel indigenous Colombian mythologies as well as core elements of the Mayan Popol Vuh. Even the matter of God, which comes to a crux in the novel, has been viewed through the lens of Occidental, Judaeo-Christian texts. Excluding Colombia's pre-history and contemporary demographics, a good number of critics may have misunderstood or misread the underlying meanings implicit in particular themes, myths and rituals in the novel. Disambiguation of the novel's re-creations of authentic Colombian mythologies and rituals may lead to a clearer understanding of the novel's themes and ultimately its meanings, thus clarifying its implicit criticism of the rejection of identity.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; 100 Years of Solitude (Book : Garcia Marquez); GARCIA Marquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014; MYTH in literature; RITES &; ceremonies in literature
- Publication
Theory in Action, 2013, Vol 6, Issue 1, p112
- ISSN
1937-0229
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.3798/tia.1937-0237.13006