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Symbols of Colonial Decay: A Postcolonial Rereading of Gabo's Fiction Item Info
- Title:
- Symbols of Colonial Decay: A Postcolonial Rereading of Gabo's Fiction
- Creator:
- Rodriguez-Beltran, Karla
- Date Created:
- 2017
- Description:
- Introduction: "In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude and Of Love and Other Demons, it is clear that he is advocating for the rights of those that have been oppressed by the spectre of empire. In his critique, Garcia Marquez address conditions that span tremendous time and empires, beginning with the Spanish colonial rule that came to Colombia via Santafe de Bogota established in 1549 (Colombia). This same regime that invaded native lands and destroyed native populations, brought about the oppression of a foreign population on Latin American soil with the introduction of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Thus, Garcia Marquez heavily implicates the Spanish colonial project and the decay of its power in his depiction of a Colombian port city in Of Love and Other Demons. . . ."
- Subjects:
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez colonialism power Latin America Colombia
- Methods:
- textual analysis
- Location:
- Colombia
- Latitude:
- 3.411148246
- Longitude:
- -72.40249045
- Language:
- English
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Symbols of Colonial Decay: A Postcolonial Rereading of Gabo's Fiction", English Honors Thesis Repository, Nevada State University
- Reference Link:
- https://nevada-state-english.github.io/nsu-english-thesis/items/ht012.html