authors
trends
society
who is it?
etc.
100
he was influenced by surrealism but said Latin American didn't need it.
Who is Alejo Carpentier?
100
escape to the subconscious and the primitive
What is surrealism?
100
a dubious benefit that was given out in the US during the Reagan administration to the poor
What is government cheese?
100

writer who is a part of a wave of younger Latin American women writers writing dystopic, surreal, fantastical books and stories

Who is Samantha Schweblein?

100
Marquez' invented town
What is Macondo?
200
he was influenced by surrealism and wrote a short story we read.
Who is Julio Cortazar?
200

image apparent in many texts from LA in the 1960s and 70s, echoes a certain feeling of time and spatial claustrophobia

What is a labyrinth?

200
political situation that exacerbated tensions and repression in LA from the 1960s to 80s.
What is the Cold War?
200
affirmed Castro's government in the face of US opposition
Who is Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
200
a metaphor used to describe a country taken over by fascist dictator, that one has to flee
What is a shipwrreck?
300

Julio Cortazar and he were authors of the Boom.

Who is Gabriel Garcia Marquez?

300

refers to a time when almost every country of Latin America produced great books.

What is the Boom?

300
dividing line in modern LA history
What is 1959?
300

after their knives were taken, this brother insisted they continue with the murder

Who is Pablo Vicario?

300
Junot Diaz' birthplace
What is Dominican Republic?
400
LGBTQ and human rights activist and poet who went into exile during the dictatorship in her home country and used this in her writings
Who was Cristina Peri Rossi?
400
Argentines of the 60s and 70s loved this.
What is psychoanalysis?
400
political bossmen that grew up in LA due to a lack of central government control over remote areas.
What are caudillos?
400
will probably go all the way
Who are white girls?
400

Chronicle, How to date, and Mouthful of Birds all take as their focal point this theme

What is the sexuality of young women/girls?

500
second Nobel Prize for Literature in LA
Who is Pablo Neruda?
500
a contributing factor to magical realism's development in LA
What is underdevelopment/cultural and ethnic diversity?
500

pact between Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, supported by the US,  in the 1970s that resulted in the death and disappearance of thousands of people.

What is Operation Condor?

500
was happy Santiago was killed, given what she thought he was trying to do
Who is Victoria Guzman?
500
as beautiful as twin sharks, rare deer, gold embroidered cannon...
What are woolen socks in the winter?
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