tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250189195498372891.post6207462937198435160..comments2010-03-29T10:32:14.120-07:00Comments on span365: Thoughts about Magic Realism and the semester so far~Maria Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08768383335521914537noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250189195498372891.post-71863508463594662082010-02-10T21:01:54.839-08:002010-02-10T21:01:54.839-08:00Hi Maria,
I really liked your blog entry – I agr...Hi Maria, <br /><br />I really liked your blog entry – I agree with you that although we have some prior knowledge of magic realism and its founders, this class allows us a detailed approach into the topic by exploring some of the most important works of the Latin American literary world. I like your comments on Latin America as a place that has an intrinsic magical quality, I got this sense especially from Carpentier’s prologue, which I found to be a very useful explanation of “lo real-maravilloso”. I also found it very interesting that you were talking about the approaches of Astuarias and Carpentier as a reality that can’t really be your reality because you are not of Haitian or Aztec descent, and I think I know exactly what you mean and how you feel – I am not of either of those descents myself so I feel the same way, but I do think reading and analyzing this literature is perhaps the most beneficial thing we can do in order to get closer to their perspectives and gain a better understanding of this phenomenon.GabrielaBadicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05559179060351655778noreply@blogger.com