ENCW 202 Spring 2020
Posted in Consent, dystopia, Social Fears, Solitude, Utopia on Apr 5th, 2020
In an interview with The New Yorker, George Saunders mentions that the inspiration for “The Semplica Girl Diaries” came from a dream that he had many years ago; he then goes on to say the following: “Einstein said (or, at least, I am always quoting him as having said), ‘No worthy problem is ever solved […]
Posted in Fantastic, fear, Mystery, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Social Fears, Transformations, Utopia on Mar 21st, 2020
How many years does it take for something to finally be viewed as fantastic? Five? Twenty? One hundred? I found myself pondering this as I read One Hundred Years of Solitude. As the years go by, we see bits and pieces of the modern world beginning to make their way into the isolated Macondo—the railroad, […]
Posted in One Hundred Years of Solitude, Utopia on Mar 14th, 2020
One Hundred Years of Solitude is very fast-paced because it covers a century of the Buendía family, and the movement in time distorts the line between fantasy and memory since years sometimes pass by without mention or notice from the narrator. The story opens by informing the reader that they will be going back in […]