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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Girl with a Flute by Johannes Vermeer 7 7/8 inches x 7 inches. The Human Brain: approximately 3 lbs. approximately 5.5” wide, 3.6” high, 6.5’ long.

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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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  1. Chronicle of a Death Foretold

  2. Girl with a Flute by Johannes Vermeer 7 7/8 inches x 7 inches

  3. The Human Brain: approximately 3 lbs.approximately 5.5” wide, 3.6” high, 6.5’ long

  4. This is a “writer’s novel.” As you read, use two sets of eyes: read for plotobserve how GGM crafts the story

  5. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  6. Photograph by Katherine Riley, inspired by Chronicle of a Death Foretold

  7. How is CDF analogous to a detective novel? a collection of episodes a collection of viewpoints a piecing together jumbled chronology must determine who is reliable and who isn’t • MARQUEZ SLOWLY UNPACKS THE STORY; • WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THIS STRUCTURE?

  8. The narrator’s tone is neutral / journalistic.

  9. theme / meaning • Redemption • Regret • Assumptions • Memory • Shame • Reputation • Duty • Religion • Ritual • Honor • Denial • Revenge • Gender • Class Responsibility Fate Family Gossip Machismo Vengeance Pride

  10. MAGICAL REALISM

  11. characteristics • a rational view of reality with an acceptance for the supernatural • real but with fictitious, mythical, dreamlike or primitive elements ; symbols abound! • may involve dreams, visions, angels, demons, time may be skewed; people may not be what they seem or act as they should • “tension of opposites”

  12. Something to consider…. To what extent can we know the truth about the past?

  13. The Persistence of MemorySalvador Dali

  14. Dream by Henri Rousseau

  15. If you like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, you might also enjoy…. • Ben Okri (Niger)Isabel Allende (Chile)Syl Cheney-Coker (Sierra Leone)Kojo Laing (Ghana)Allejo Carpentier (Cuba)Toni Morrison (USA)Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru)

  16. Individual Writing: Pre-Discussion(this will go in your Study Log) • Your personal reaction to the novella, thus far. • 3 things that you think merit group discussion. • Locate an except to read aloud. Write it down, MLA style. • What moments of magical realism have you seen, thus far? • Do you think Angela told the truth about Santiago? Elaborate. • Look at the list of themes/meaning in your PPT notes; list three (3-5) that seem most prevalent to you at this point in your reading.

  17. What did you think of the violence? Why so much and so graphic? • What do you think is the climax of the story?

  18. Whole Class Discussion • Cast of Characters: who’s who? • Setting • Time period • Narrator / point-of-view • Climax • Structure / how the story unfolds • Student Notes

  19. What role does memory play in the novel?What about betrayal?What about violence?

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