Chronicle of a Death Foretold

On Index Card:

Front:

• Your Name• Questions that

you (or someone else) might have about the novel.

Back:

• List: Things you think we should discuss as a class.

graphicness

Girl with a Flute by Johannes Vermeer 7 7/8 inches x 7 inches

The Human Brain: approximately 3 lbs.

approximately 5.5” wide, 3.6” high, 6.5’ long

This is a “writer’s novel.” As you read, use two sets of eyes:

read for plot

observe how Gabriel Garcia Marquez crafts the story

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Photograph by Katherine Riley, inspired by Chronicle of a Death Foretold

How is CDF analogous to a detective novel?

• a collection of episodes• a collection of viewpoints• a piecing together• jumbled chronology• must determine who is

reliable and who isn’t

•MARQUEZ SLOWLY UNPACKS THE STORY;•WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THIS STRUCTURE?

…the narrator’s tone is neutral / journalistic.

The main event of the story is dramatic, but…

BYSTANDER EFFECT(diffusion of responsibility)

• The non-chronological time telling of a tale; when a writer moves plot and characters around in time; past, present, and future.

elasticity of time

Think Einstein’s theory of relativity – the claim

that space and time are elastic and can be

warped and stretched like taffy.

MAGICAL REALISM

characteristics• a rational view of reality with an acceptance for the

supernatural• real but with fictitious, mythical, dreamlike or primitive

elements ; symbols abound!• may involve dreams, visions, angels, demons, skewed time ;

people may not be what they seem or act as they should• “tension of opposites”

theme / meaning of the work• Ritual• Honor• Denial• Revenge• Dreams• Gender • Class• Violence• Virginity

• Responsibility• Fate• Family • Gossip• Machismo• Vengeance• Pride • Conflict• Marriage

• Redemption• Regret• Betrayal• Assumptions• Memory• Shame• Reputation• Duty• Religion

Dream by Henri Rousseau

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali

What things are people in denial about?

Next slides are for later…

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Background: From Whence This Story Came

http://mrhoyesibwebsite.com/Prose%20Texts/Chronicle/Background/The%20True%20Story.htm

If you like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, you might also enjoy….

Ben Okri (Niger)Isabel Allende (Chile)Syl Cheney-Coker (Sierra Leone)Kojo Laing (Ghana)Allejo Carpentier (Cuba)Toni Morrison (USA)Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru)

CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLDTimed Writing Essay – Question #3

theme / meaning• Ritual• Honor• Denial• Revenge• Dreams• Gender • Class• Violence• Virginity

• Responsibility• Fate• Family • Gossip• Machismo• Vengeance• Pride • Conflict• Marriage

•Redemption• Regret• Betrayal• Assumptions• Memory• Shame• Reputation• Duty• Religion

Write thematic statements for three of the above one word themes. You must use “betrayal” and “honor”; then select

one more of your own choosing.

Examples using The Metamorphosis

• Franz Kafka expresses his views on the importance of life in his novella The Metamorphosis by illuminating the idea that a person has no value once he is unable to contribute to the greater whole.

• The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a story about alienation and how it can negatively effect the human psyche.

Something to consider….

To what extent can we know the truth about the past?

Individual Writing: Pre-Discussion(this will go in your Study Log)

• Your personal reaction to the novella, thus far.• 3 things that you think merit group

discussion. • Locate an except to read aloud. Write it down,

MLA style.• Look at the list of themes/meaning in your PPT

notes; highlight 3-5 that seem most prevalent to you at this point in your reading.

Individual Writing: Pre-Discussion(this will go in your Study Log)

• Your personal reaction to the entire novella.• 3 things you think merit group discussion. • Locate an except to read aloud. Write it down, MLA

style.• Look at the list of themes/meaning in your PPT

notes; highlight 3-5 that seem most significant to the novella as a whole.

Student Choice Discussion Topics

• the elasticity of time• the POV; the narrator• bystander effect• what is the climax?• did Angela tell the truth?• Cultural mores:

– Gender expectations– Honor code– The role of class and race– Tradition

• why doesn’t anyone warn Santiago??

Anyone confused

???Got

QUESTIONS ??