Essential Question:
How does magical realism reveal new perspectives of reality?
How does magical realism reveal new perspectives of reality?
Unit Goals & Objectives
Through partner, small group, and class discussions; writing exercises; independent reading and reasearch; projects; and presentations, students will be able to . . .
- identify and explore the role of themes in Latin American literature.
- analyze how literary devices produce meaning.
- explore the role of the magical and fantastic in Latin American literature.
- understand and explain the importance of reality within magical realism.
- demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
- explore and consider the role of narrative form and point of view in stories and poems.
- consider the religious, historical, cultural, and political influences on and of works of literature.
Terms & Concepts
point of view
first person second person third person third person omniscience |
extended metaphor
foreshadowing imagery simile prediction conflict |
irony
magical realism metaphor paradox sonnet |
rhetoric
symbolism theme ode elegy |
Reading List
Short Stories
excerpt from "The Stories of Eva Luna" by Isabel Allende
"The Book of Sand" by Jorge Luis Borges
"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Poetry
"III" from The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda
"Ode to Socks" by Pablo Neruda
"One Humanity" Victor Jara's last poem
"The Writer" by Richard Wilber
"The Republic of Poetry" by Martin Espada
"Lost in the Forest" by Pablo Neruda
"Sonnet for Heaven Below" by Jack Agüeros
excerpt from "The Stories of Eva Luna" by Isabel Allende
"The Book of Sand" by Jorge Luis Borges
"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Poetry
"III" from The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda
"Ode to Socks" by Pablo Neruda
"One Humanity" Victor Jara's last poem
"The Writer" by Richard Wilber
"The Republic of Poetry" by Martin Espada
"Lost in the Forest" by Pablo Neruda
"Sonnet for Heaven Below" by Jack Agüeros