I was so excited with the announcement of Gabriel Garcia Marquez MOOC that I started to read and explore some of the works that will be the focus of the course.

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So I’ve downloaded his story on Erendira and read it very quickly. Except for this story, The Autumn of the Patriarch and Of Love and Other Demons I have read before the other works and his masterpiece that is ommited in the course One Hundred Years of Solitude /1963. I have read translations into portuguese, now I’m reading in english. I suppose I prefer the latin versions, though I have not read the original in spanish. In spite of understanding spanish I’m not used to read in spanish.

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I was surprised to find so many works available in the Internet for free download and a lot of analysis and essays on Gabo’s novels. He is one of those magic writers that gives us profound pleasure reading.

the omniscient narrator who communicates the characters’ vision of a meta-physical universe in which all things are possible. http://www.enotes.com/topics/innocent-erendira-other-stories

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Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is literature, painting, and film that, while encompassing a range of subtly different concepts, share in common an acceptance of magic in the rational world. It is also sometimes called fabulism, in reference to the conventions of fables, myths, and allegory. Of the four terms, Magical realism is the most commonly used and refers to literature in particular that portrays magical or unreal elements as a natural part in an otherwise realistic or mundane environment.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_realism

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The beauty of the story, of course, lies in the descriptions, the atmosphere, the dialogue, the wondrous happenings, all of which combine to create a kaleidoscopic tapestry that many readers and critics would call “magic realism. … https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P3-1312493171/magic-realism-and-garci-m-rquez-s-er-ndira

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I’ve produced a short video presentation with an analysis of The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother

 

Transcription of narration / Erendira analysis