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South american short stories

South american short stories. “ Rosendo’s Tale” by Jorge Luis Borges. “ Rosendo’s Tale” by Jorge Luis Borges. “ Rosendo’s Tale” by Jorge Luis Borges born: Buenos Aires, Argentina (1899—1986). “ Rosendo’s Tale” by Jorge Luis Borges born: Buenos Aires, Argentina (1899—1986)

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South american short stories

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  1. South american short stories

  2. “Rosendo’s Tale” by Jorge Luis Borges

  3. “Rosendo’s Tale” by Jorge Luis Borges

  4. “Rosendo’s Tale” • by Jorge Luis Borges • born: Buenos Aires, Argentina • (1899—1986)

  5. “Rosendo’s Tale” • by Jorge Luis Borges • born: Buenos Aires, Argentina • (1899—1986) • short stories are “dramatic interpretations of his world view—the absurd nature of human life in an absurd universe.”

  6. “Rosendo’s Tale” • by Jorge Luis Borges • born: Buenos Aires, Argentina • (1899—1986) • short stories are “dramatic interpretations of his world view—the absurd nature of human life in an absurd universe.” • “Rosendo’s Tale” is set at a time in Argentina’s history when the police condoned the activities of the ‘toughs and killers’ who worked as bodyguards for leading politicians and who intimidated voters during elections.

  7. “The Inextinguishable Race” by SilvinaOcampo

  8. “The Inextinguishable Race” by SilvinaOcampo

  9. “The Inextinguishable Race” by SilvinaOcampo • born: Buenos Aires, Argentina (1906—1993)

  10. “The Inextinguishable Race” by SilvinaOcampo • born: Buenos Aires, Argentina (1906—1993) • surrealist painter before she was a writer; “I write in order not to forget what is most important: friendship and love, wisdom and art… The world is not magical. We make it magical all of a sudden inside us.”

  11. “The Inextinguishable Race” by SilvinaOcampo • born: Buenos Aires, Argentina (1906—1993) • surrealist painter before she was a writer; “I write in order not to forget what is most important: friendship and love, wisdom and art… The world is not magical. We make it magical all of a sudden inside us.” • Ocampo’s horror stories often depict the cruelty of children. “The Inextinguishable Race” is an example of her use of style to enhance plot.

  12. “The Third Bank of the River” by Joao Guimaraes Rosa

  13. “The Third Bank of the River” by Joao Guimaraes Rosa

  14. “The Third Bank of the River” by Joao Guimaraes Rosa • born: Minas Gerais, Brazil (1908—1967)

  15. “The Third Bank of the River” by Joao Guimaraes Rosa • born: Minas Gerais, Brazil (1908—1967) • doctor, revolutionary rebel, diplomat… “As a physician, I came to know the mystical greatness of suffering; as a rebel, the value of consciousness; and as a soldier, the importance of the proximity of death…. I’ve always been a mystic.”

  16. “The Third Bank of the River” by Joao Guimaraes Rosa • born: Minas Gerais, Brazil (1908—1967) • doctor, revolutionary rebel, diplomat… “As a physician, I came to know the mystical greatness of suffering; as a rebel, the value of consciousness; and as a soldier, the importance of the proximity of death…. I’ve always been a mystic.” • Rosa views life as a mystery, with many valid interpretations of reality; “The Third Bank of the River” exemplifies his style and his unusual view of the world.

  17. “The Tree” by Maria Luisa Bombal

  18. “The Tree” by Maria Luisa Bombal

  19. “The Tree” by Maria Luisa Bombal • born: Vina del Mar, Chile (1910—1980)

  20. “The Tree” by Maria Luisa Bombal • born: Vina del Mar, Chile (1910—1980) • lived in Paris from 13-21 yrs old, later lived in the US with her husband; returned to Chile after his death. Knew Borges and Victoria Ocampo (Sylvina’s sister who had a literary magazine)

  21. “The Tree” by Maria Luisa Bombal • born: Vina del Mar, Chile (1910—1980) • lived in Paris from 13-21 yrs old, later lived in the US with her husband; returned to Chile after his death. Knew Borges and Victoria Ocampo (Sylvina’s sister who had a literary magazine) • lived in Chile when a woman… • could not open a bank account • could not vote • could not leave the country without her father’s/husband’s permission

  22. “The Tree” by Maria Luisa Bombal • born: Vina del Mar, Chile (1910—1980) • lived in Paris from 13-21 yrs old, later lived in the US with her husband; returned to Chile after his death. Knew Borges and Victoria Ocampo (Sylvina’s sister who had a literary magazine) • lived in Chile when a woman… • could not open a bank account • could not vote • could not leave the country without her father’s/husband’s permission • “In each of her works, Bombal’s protagonist is a defeated woman who tells her story from the depths of solitude and frustration.”

  23. “Crossroads” by Carlos Solorzano

  24. “Crossroads” by Carlos Solorzano

  25. “Crossroads” by Carlos Solorzano • born: San Marcos, Guatemala (1922—1967)

  26. “Crossroads” by Carlos Solorzano • born: San Marcos, Guatemala (1922—1967) • moved to Mexico City at 17 yrs, Nat’l Univ. of Mexico earned a degree in architecture and a doctorate in literature; studied drama at the Sorbonne (Paris) and brought European avantgarde theater to Mexico

  27. “Crossroads” by Carlos Solorzano • born: San Marcos, Guatemala (1922—1967) • moved to Mexico City at 17 yrs, Nat’l Univ. of Mexico earned a degree in architecture and a doctorate in literature; studied drama at the Sorbonne (Paris) and brought European avantgarde theater to Mexico • His plays often express “the anguish of modern life in a sick society, where humanity is absent and human dignity is not valued. His characters are often torn between their desire to conform and their desire to be free.”

  28. “Crossroads” by Carlos Solorzano • born: San Marcos, Guatemala (1922—1967) • moved to Mexico City at 17 yrs, Nat’l Univ. of Mexico earned a degree in architecture and a doctorate in literature; studied drama at the Sorbonne (Paris) and brought European avantgarde theater to Mexico • His plays often express “the anguish of modern life in a sick society, where humanity is absent and human dignity is not valued. His characters are often torn between their desire to conform and their desire to be free.”

  29.  drama “Crossroads” by Carlos Solorzano • born: San Marcos, Guatemala (1922—1967) • moved to Mexico City at 17 yrs, Nat’l Univ. of Mexico earned a degree in architecture and a doctorate in literature; studied drama at the Sorbonne (Paris) and brought European avantgarde theater to Mexico • His plays often express “the anguish of modern life in a sick society, where humanity is absent and human dignity is not valued. His characters are often torn between their desire to conform and their desire to be free.”

  30. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  31. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  32. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez • born: Arcataca, Columbia • (1927/8— )

  33. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Caribbean Coast • born: Arcataca, Columbia • (1927/8— )

  34. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Caribbean Coast • born: Arcataca, Columbia • (1927/8— ) • Nobel Prize winner (1982), best known for One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) – first Latin American book to become an international bestseller, and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985)

  35. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Caribbean Coast • born: Arcataca, Columbia • (1927/8— ) • Nobel Prize winner (1982), best known for One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) – first Latin American book to become an international bestseller, and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985) • Marquez is recognized for stories in which “the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination.”Caribbean Columbian folklore infuses his fiction with “an acceptance of wonder as part of reality.”

  36. SOUTH AMERICAN SHORT STORIES: You choose…

  37. SOUTH AMERICAN SHORT STORIES: You choose… “Rosendo’s Tale” Jorge Luis Borges p 561

  38. SOUTH AMERICAN SHORT STORIES: You choose… “Rosendo’s Tale” Jorge Luis Borges p 561 “The Inextinguishable Race” SilvinaOcampo p 573

  39. SOUTH AMERICAN SHORT STORIES: You choose… “Rosendo’s Tale” Jorge Luis Borges p 561 “The Inextinguishable Race” SilvinaOcampo p 573 “The Third Bank of the River” Joao Guimaraes Rosa p 577

  40. SOUTH AMERICAN SHORT STORIES: You choose… “Rosendo’s Tale” Jorge Luis Borges p 561 “The Tree” Maria Luisa Bombal p 584 “The Inextinguishable Race” SilvinaOcampo p 573 “The Third Bank of the River” Joao Guimaraes Rosa p 577

  41. SOUTH AMERICAN SHORT STORIES: You choose… “Rosendo’s Tale” Jorge Luis Borges p 561 “The Tree” Maria Luisa Bombal p 584 “The Inextinguishable Race” SilvinaOcampo p 573 “Crossroads” Carlos Solorzana p 599 “The Third Bank of the River” Joao Guimaraes Rosa p 577

  42. SOUTH AMERICAN SHORT STORIES: You choose… “Rosendo’s Tale” Jorge Luis Borges p 561 “The Tree” Maria Luisa Bombal p 584 “The Inextinguishable Race” SilvinaOcampo p 573 “Crossroads” Carlos Solorzana p 599 “The Third Bank of the River” Joao Guimaraes Rosa p 577 “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” Gabriel Garcia Marquez p 633

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