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García Márquez’s final full length novel, Del amor y otros demonios (1994), presents various difficulties to the reader. The novel’s layers of symbolism are readily identifiable with references in the novel to Roman Catholic... more

García Márquez’s final full length novel, Del amor y otros demonios (1994), presents various difficulties to the reader. The novel’s layers of symbolism are readily identifiable with references in the novel to Roman Catholic hagiographies in juxtaposition to qualities and characteristics of the Orishas of the Yoruba Tradition. The period of the novel corresponds temporally with the formation of the syncretic religion known as Santería. The author’s use of period techniques such as conceptismo emphasizes the baroque era on a structural level. Furthermore, conceptismo plays a major role in the evolution of themes in the novel, which on final analysis shows distinct parallels with one of the earliest hagiographies of the Roman Catholic corpus. At the same moment, the strings of metaphors and doubling of motifs may also point to extraliterary texts. Those points stated, the novel’s African influences may be traced back to one of the author’s first stories, “Nabo el negro que hizo esperar a los ángeles” (1951), not merely as a reiteration of themes but as a means of analyzing the earlier piece with a more complete view of the author’s aesthetic trajectory. This leads to a clearer understanding of the place of Afro- Caribbean religion in García Márquez’s works as well as the ultimate refinement of his technical abilities as a novelist.

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  • Transatlantic Literature, Colombian Literature, 20th and 21st Century Latin American Literature and Culture;, Conceptismo
• • by rafael diazcasas
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  • Latin American Studies, Art Theory, Contemporary Art, Cuban Studies
• • by Felipe Martínez Pinzón
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  • War Studies, Paraguay, 19th Century (History), 20th and 21st Century Latin American Literature and Culture;
• • by Miquel Pomar-Amer and +1
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  • Cultural Studies, Chicano Studies, Latin American Studies, Latin American Literature (Literature)