Márquez’s Concept of War in One Hundred Years of Solitude

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10.2991/assehr.k.220704.082How to use a DOI?

Keywords

One Hundred Years of Solitude; Márquez; the War of a Thousand Days; the concept of war

Abstract

One Hundred Years of Solitude is a masterpiece by the world-class Colombian writer Marquez. The book is set against the backdrop of the history of Colombia during its first hundred years of existence, especially the War of a Thousand Days, and describes the saga of seven generations of the Buendía family and the rise and fall of the small town of Macondo over a century. Through the analysis of the section on war in One Hundred Years of Solitude, this paper analyzes its author Márquez’s concept of war and politics in the context of the real history of Columbia’s hundred-year conflicts after the founding of the state. It is argued in this paper that his hatred of the early Colombian two-party politics led to a political nihilistic ideology and an aversion to war with a simple pacifist streak.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xuan Zhao
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/11
TI  - Márquez’s Concept of War in One Hundred Years of Solitude
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 443
EP  - 448
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220704.082
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.082
ID  - Zhao2022
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