Why is "One Hundred Years of Solitude" known as a literary classic of the 20th century? Have you read it?

Why is "One Hundred Years of Solitude" known as a literary classic of the 20th century? Have you read it?

Every era has its own literary classics, no matter how different the value standards, these classics contain common classic qualities and spiritual cores. Undoubtedly, after the test of the times and readers, their classics will be more vividly presented to the world.

In 1982, García Márquez won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and "One Hundred Years of Solitude", as a masterpiece of magic realism, caused a great sensation in the Western literary world. There was also a huge upsurge in China, with the emergence of "magic realism fever" and "Márquez fever".

People are amazed by the unique narrative that runs through the novel, and for a time the novel's famous beginning, "Many years later, in the face of the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia will recall that the distant afternoon when his father took him to see the ice cubes" became the object of emulation by the novelists.

However, with the proliferation of imitations of this narrative style, many writers began to deviate from the form intentionally, and as a result, the ecstasy, surprise and even confusion brought about by "One Hundred Years of Solitude" have faded with the passage of time.

But this narrative and the way of thinking behind it has permeated our minds, challenging our traditional ability to read and think.

Although time has passed, many of the meanings revealed in "One Hundred Years of Solitude" are as intriguing as its enduring charm, which may be the reason for the classic nature of the works hidden!

In an interview, García Márquez once said: "It was only after 30 years that I realized what we novelists often overlook, namely, that truth is always the best model for literature." ”

He takes an insightful perspective through the natural world and societies of Latin America. Then we find the essential "reality" hidden in it- "the magic of reality and the reality of magic".

García Márquez has repeatedly denied the title of "magic realism", emphasizing that he is a true realist writer.

However, the realism here is different from the traditional sense of realism, and he presents the reality of Latin America with a magical attitude, which is a wider, deeper, more penetrating, more infectious and dynamic reality.

The work is essentially a presentation of the essence of Latin American culture, history and reality.

In Latin American literature, almost every work contains deep reflections on the country and the nation, history and reality, but not every work is a classic that has been handed down to the world.

Those literary works that can be called classics should be those literary works that have a sense of distress about the fate of the country and the nation, and are full of a strong sense of criticism and transcendence about history and reality.

Without the negation and transcendence of history and real life, the life of literature and art would be gone. Only artists who criticize and transcend history and reality will not be forgotten by history.

History will not be forgotten. García Márquez's experience with the Buendía family and the vicissitudes of the small town of Magundo permeate his deep reflections on the fate of the Buendia family, the people of Latin America and humanity as a whole. One Hundred Years of Solitude is therefore known as the Bible of Latin America.

One Hundred Years of Solitude is not only a classic of Latin American literature, but also a classic of world literature of the 20th century.

The reason why it has become a classic lies in its ability to gain insight into the spiritual state and fate of the nation and even mankind in the grasp of the living state and destiny of the specific family.

In this work, we deeply appreciate that Latin American writers have come to understand the world and life in a unique way with national characteristics, and to think about the living conditions of latin American people and even mankind.

Loneliness, oblivion, hatred, incest, ignorance and backwardness haunt many masters of Latin American literature.

As Ursula says, with the innate solitary survival traits of family members, she can instantly identify the 18 illegitimate sons of Aureliano Buendía, whom she has never seen before.

In Colombia, and even in Latin America, this solitary state of existence has long been a habit and tradition of its people, but García Márquez expressed it in more detail and accuracy. It is precisely because of his lyricism. The living conditions of the Latin American people have been truly revealed to the world.

In the era when Nietzsche cried out that "God is dead", people's spiritual beliefs collapsed and all values lost their dependence.

In a unique way, García Márquez thinks about the living conditions of mankind from the level of literature and art, reflects on issues of eternal significance such as history and reality, and explores the new vitality of latin American nations and even the entire human race.

"One Hundred Years of Solitude" is a classic that travels through time and space and has eternal significance.

Some people have said that artists talk to God, that is to say, artists should explore the true meaning of history, the true meaning of human life, listen to the spiritual voice of real life, reflect on history and reality, and seek a way out for human survival. One Hundred Years of Solitude is the spiritual product of the author's conversation with God.