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Mrquezs Works
Achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success Popularized a literary style known as magic realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, which is inspired by his birthplace Aracataca, Colombia Most of his works express the theme of solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) Love in the Time of Cholera (1985)
Themes of Chronicle
Shared victimization/shared guilt: Every character is somewhat to blame & is victimized in some way Honor/Familial duty Gossip Human routine: Humans live by patterns & routines Fate as an evasion of guilt: Santiagos death could have been prevented Machismo: emphasis on male pride & mens sexual bravado