Time, Space, and Family Saga in Isabel Allende’s House of the Spirits
Study of Time and Space in The House of the Spirits
Historical Time
Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits recreates Chilean history and a family’s saga across generations, intertwining time and space. Set in the 20th century, the novel blends historical facts and fiction, spanning from the colonial era through the World Wars to Pinochet’s 1973 dictatorship. It traces Chile’s social and ideological shifts, including technological advancements, evolving customs, socialist ideas, women’s emancipation,
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Literary Texts
Literature and the Literary
Literature is a unique form of communication characterized by a universal audience, absence of immediate practical purpose, creative function, enduring and unchanging nature, reflection of the author’s perspective, and open interpretation.
Literary Genres
The concept of genre has been a source of ongoing debate, giving rise to two main perspectives: classical and romantic. The classical view adheres to established genre boundaries and models, while the romantic
Read MoreLiterary Analysis of Lorca and García Márquez
Literary Analysis
1. Federico García Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba
Contextualization
This analysis focuses on Act 3, penultimate scene of The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca (1898-1936). Lorca, belonging to the Generation of ’27, was influenced by the Generation of ’98 and writers like Valle-Inclán, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Antonio Machado. His work, reflecting the authoritarian Spain of his time, remained unpublished there until the 1970s. Lorca’s theater, considered the
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The genre of the novel
The narrative understood as the writer pays attention to what happens outside of it trying to convey as objectively as possible, with more or less fair, is one of the literary genres, together with the lyric <http://personal .Telefonica.Terra.Es / web / apuntesasr / JoseCarlosCarrillo / GenJCCLaLirica.Htm>, the dramatic and testing, which make up each of the different groups can be classified as literary works on the basis of certain common characteristics.
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Narrative Text: Elements, Structure, and Analysis
Narrative Text: An Overview
Narrative text tells a story, real or fictional, about characters and events in a specific time and place. Key elements shape narratives, including structure, narration (point of view), space and time, characters, and the narrative itself. These elements vary in complexity depending on the narrative form, reaching their fullest development in novels.
Structure
External Structure
External structure refers to the physical organization of the text. This includes divisions like
Read MoreBohemian Lights: A Grotesque Portrait of Spain
Light of Bohemia
1. Historical Context and its Reflection
Luces de Bohemia satirizes Spanish politics, society, and religion. It indicts the Spanish situation, using grotesque mirrors to deform aspects of Spanish reality. Valle-Inclán criticizes:
- The imperial past (Philip II, El Escorial).
- Spanish colonies in America, the Tragic Week (1909), the Russian Revolution (1917), and the 1917 Spanish crisis.
- Varied political figures (e.g., “Maura, Death!”).
- Bad government, ministerial corruption, capitalism,