Author(s)

Sibei Chen ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Foreign Languages, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

Corresponding Author

Sibei Chen

ABSTRACT

This paper makes a comparative analysis of the similarities and differences between Garsia Marcos Paulo Souza Ribeiro's the One Hundred Years of Solitude and Mo Yan's the Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out in terms of narrative time, narrative language and symbolic techniques. By discussing the features of the two works in the following aspects: Paragraph Division and chapter arrangement, narrative time handling, language style interwoven by magic and reality, free indirect speech and language game, narrative rhythm and language tension, color symbol and image construction, fusion of myth and legend with historical allusion, and construction of symbol system, it reveals their unique artistic charm and deep cultural implication. Although both works belong to the magic realism, they display distinct personalities and differences in the use of specific narrative strategies and symbolism.

KEYWORDS

Magic Realism; Narrative Strategy; Symbolism

CITE THIS PAPER

Sibei Chen, A Comparative Study of the Narrative Strategies in One Hundred Years of Solitude and Life and Death are Wearing Me Out. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 37-43. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070607.

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