AP Enrichment Project Brian Manning May 19, 2006

1. AP Enrichment Project Brian Manning May 19, 2006

2. Author Artist Musicians René Magritte Gabriel García Márquez Buena Vista Social Club

3. Gabriel “Gabo” García Márquez (1928-) • Born March 6, 1928 in Aracataca, Colombia • Family and hometown inspirations for his work • Journalist, author, political activist (friend of Fidel Castro) • Winner of Nobel prize for literature in 1982 • Signature style: magical realism— seemingly fantastic events are told in a realistic manner • Subjects: love, fate, honor, family, old age, social classes • Principal figure of the “Latin Boom”

4. Buena Vista Social Club • Havana music club popular in the 1940s • 1997 film and album bring fame to those who performed there (Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Omara Portuondo…) • Common subjects: love, class divisions, the poor, folklore • Tones: both melancholy and cheerful • Imagery: nature, fire

5. René Magritte (1898-1967) Le fils de l’homme (1964) • Born November 21, 1898 in Lessines, Belgium • Mother commits suicide when he is 12 • Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts • Surrealism • “Surrealists, however, try to discover and portray that which is above or superior to the ‘real’ through the use of techniques such as automatic writing, hypnosis, and dreaming. Magical realists, on the other hand, portray the real world itself as having marvelous aspects inherent in it.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_realism) • Tones: witty, humorous, melancholy • Juxtaposition of ordinary objects to give new meanings • Imagery: nature, weather, everyday objects

6. Márquez Common Threads Colombian Politically active Religious imagery BVSC Magritte Latin America Surrealism/Magical realism Influence of communism, revolutions Family issues European Cubans Sometimes gloomy tones Satire Europe Lower class Experiments with time, rhythm Love Middle class backgrounds Natural imagery 1900s

7. Cien años de soledad(One Hundred Years of Solitude)~1967~

8. Characters: The Buendía Family “the insistent repetition of names had made her draw some conclusions that seemed to be certain. While the Aurelianos were withdrawn, but with lucid minds, the José Arcadios were impulsive and enterprising,” (197). Style: magical realism, use of foreshadowing and flashbacks; notably no chapter titles or numbers “Remedios the Beauty began to rise…waving goodbye in the midst of the flapping sheets that rose up with her, abandoning with her the environment of beetles and dahlias and passing through the air with her as four o’clock in the afternoon came to an end,” (255) Setting: Macondo (Microcosm for Latin America) Imagery: Bible (plagues, flood, exodus), weather Subjects: solitude, passion, family, war, modernity Theme: Time is a cycle in which we repeat the experiences of our ancestors. (Oedipus!) “the characters’ failure to create a history or historical awareness is ultimately tied to the destruction of Macondo” (Estorino) One Hundred Years of Solitude

9. “Chan Chan”

10. From Alto Cedro, I'm going to Marcané Then from Cueto, I'm going to Mayarí. (x3) The love I have for you I cannot deny My mouth is watering I just can't help myself. When Juanica and Chan Chan Sifted sand together on the beach How her bottom shook And Chan Chan was excited. Clean the dry sugar cane leaves From the path So I can get to that trunk I want to sit down. From Alto Cedro, I'm going to Marcané Then from Cueto, I'm going to Mayarí. (x5) “Chan Chan” • Repetition of same four chords • Limited variation in rhythm and melody • Verse is repeated 8 times throughout the song • Sexual imagery • Juanica and Chan Chan: Cuban folklore figures • “As is commonly the case with Cuban lyrics, ‘Chan Chan’ is a series of images without a clear narrative arc,” (Martinez)

11. Golconde • Surrealism • Lack of individuality: (one style of dress, nondescript housing) mirrors the homogeneity of the Buendía line • Tone: melancholy • Weather imagery

12. El amor en los tiempos del cólera(Love in the Time of Cholera)~1985~

13. A Love Triangle: Florentino Ariza, Fermina Daza, Juvenal Urbino Setting: Port city in Colombia Style: magical realism, bolero (love song) “fifty-one years, nine months, and four days” (33). Imagery: plague, nature (birds, flowers), weather, fire, religion Tone: gloomy, funereal at times but lighthearted by end Themes: Faithful adherence to love is ultimately rewarded. Love is a disease “nausea that had disturbed his first nights of love,” (108) Love in the Time of Cholera

14. “Dos Gardenias”

15. Two Gardenias for you, With these I mean to say: I love you, I adore you, my love. Look after them, because They are your heart and mine. Two Gardenias for you, With all the warmth of a kiss. Like those I gave to you, Kisses that you will never know In the embrace of another. They will live beside you, And talk to you as I do Until you believe That you hear them say: I love you. But if one late evening, The Gardenias should die, It´s because they know That you have betrayed me And that you love another. “Fermina Daza seemed different without the school uniform, for she wore a narrow tunic with many folds that fell from her shoulders in the Greek style, and on her head she wore a garland of fresh gardenias that made her look like a crowned goddess,” (59) “Dos gardenias” • Bolero: classic Cuban love song • “Love in the Time of Cholera is a 380-page bolero…boleros normally depict love songs where the lovers go through penance, suffering, and often rejection, as in Love in the Time of Cholera,” (Pelayo 143) • Gardenias: a symbol of Fermina and Florentino’s love and devotion • Somewhat somber-sounding • Element of betrayal

16. Les Amoureux (The Two Lovers) • Surrealism, similar to magic realism • A taboo love affair • Dark colors

17. Crónica de una muerte anunciada(Chronicle of a Death Foretold)~1981~

18. Imagery Weather: “the weather was funereal, with a cloudy, low sky” (4) Clothes: “Santiago Nasar put on a shirt and pants of white linen” (5) Religious: “He had a deep stab in the right hand. The report says: ‘It looked like a stigma of the crucified Christ,’” (75). Sense of smell: “everything continued smelling of Santiago Nasar day” (78) Characters: Santiago Nasar, Angela Vicario, Pedro and Pablo Vicario, Bayardo San Román Tone: journalistic, detective story Style: magical realism, satirical Subjects: death, fate, honor, class Theme: In a society where honor is the highest priority, disaster is inevitable. Chronicle of a Death Foretold

19. “De Camino a la Vereda”

20. Listen friend, Don't stray from the path. Just because you're in love You, so old and jaded, Just because you're in love You, so old and faded You have become all flustered Because of that lady by your side Listen friend, Don't stray from the path. Oh, but I want to explain simply The meaning of this song Oh, but I want to explain simply The meaning of this song. Friend, I'm not straying from the path Only to roam the dry riverbed…. “De Camino a la Vereda” • Love affair • Fate • Honor: “Don’t stray from the path” • Juxtaposition of a carefree melody with serious lyrics similar to juxtaposition of celebration and murder

21. Madame Recamier • Original by Jacques-Louis David (1800) • Satirical • Class issues • Death • Bright colors, gloomy subject

22. L’Empire des lumières (1954)

23. Image Credits • http://www.vnn.vn/dataimages/original/images311181_garcia_marquez_gabriel.jpg • http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1949/1101490404_400.jpg • http://www.theater.nl/onstage/gfx/2003/concert_impressies/buena_vista_social_club_04.jpg • http://image03.webshots.com/3/5/36/64/253664_ph.jpg • http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/Courses/EEB271/Rubiaceae/gardenia.jpg • http://www.harperacademic.com/coverimages/large/0060929790.jpg • http://images.amazon.com/images/P/140003468X.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg • http://artoftravelworldwide.com/picture_gallery/Phulay%20Beach%20Krabi_Aprime%20Resort/Beach%2002.JPG • http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/program/porady/1029546901/foto/01.jpg • http://www.moviemaker.com/issues/52/images/doc.Buena-Vista-Social-Club.jpg • http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/ny-poster/img10551120235.jpeg • http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/george/magritte/transfix.jpg • http://www.artchive.com/artchive/d/david/recamier.jpg • http://letrascomgarfos.blogs.sapo.pt/arquivo/ggmarquez.jpg • http://metropolis.japantoday.com/tokyomusicconcerts/concert/326/buenavista.jpg • http://keynes.scuole.bo.it/ipertesti/surreali/surrealismo/magritte/golconde.jpg • http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/8/2/4/5/515428_356x237.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Exorcist2000poster.jpg • http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_work_lg_92_1.html