Historical Background for One Hundred Years of Solitude Mikaila Kalinowski

Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1928 Born in Aracataca, Colombia “I feel that all my writing has been about the experiences of the time I spent with my grandparents” Influenced by Kafka, Hemingway, Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner 1967 One Hundred Years of Solitude 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature

Different Threads of History 1) History of Colombia in the nineteenth century 2) History of Western civilization 3) History of man (creation myth)

Colombia up to the Nineteenth Century Indigenous nations included Muisca, Quimbaya, and Tairona 1499 Spanish arrive: conquest and colonization 1740 Spanish group together modern Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador to make the “Viceroyalty of New Granada” 1842 independence won, Colombia is “la gran Colombia” 1849 Two political parties form: Conservatives and Liberals Liberal national government War of 1885 “Thousand Day War” ( Tensions continue to exist and cause violence throughout Colombian history

In the novel…

History of Western Civilization The Renaissance (14th -17th Centuries): -the science the gypsies bring -The obsession of Jose Arcadio Buendia and Aureliano with experimentation (alchemy) The Colonial Legacy (14th - 18th century): -images of the Spanish Galleon

History of Man One Hundred Years of Solitude as a creation myth (eg. Bible or Popul Vuh): Founding family Introduction of religion Anecdotal “Exaggeration” Emphasis on lineage Offers explanations for life’s trials Exploration of life’s origins Plague, natural disasters Journey

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