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Magical Realism Test ReviewWhat is the definition of Magical Realism? Describe both its definition and its origin. - correct
answer-Magical Realism: mode of art/literature that incorporates fantasy elements into a real
world
It originates from Latin American in the 1940's
What are the genres included in both Allende's "Two Words" and Cortazar's "House Taken
Over?" - correct answer-"Two Words" genere is suspense and romance and Magical
Realism
"House Taken Over" genere is suspense and Magical Realism
What are the points of view employed in both Allende's "Two Words" and Cortazar's "House
Taken Over?" - correct answer-"Two Words" is 3rd person point of view
"House Taken Over" is 1st person point of view
Describe the characters in Allende's "Two Words." Be sure to consider the following:
-Name, physical characteristics, demeanor
-Occupation, hobbies - correct answer-Belisa: Sells words
The Colonel: Dark Skinned, lonely, a bandit, bloodshed and calamity, and voice soft and
smooth
El Mulato: feared, and bloodshed and calamity
Describe the characters in Cortazar's "House Taken Over." Be sure to consider the following:
-Name, physical characteristics, demeanor
-Occupation, hobbies - correct answer-Narrator: His soon to be fiancé passed, watches his
sister knit, reads French literature, and organizes father's stamp collection
Irene: Turned down two men to marry, knits all the time
Both: Clean the house constantly, income from farms, and not married
Describe the author Isabel Allende's life. - correct answer-A Chilean author (novels and short
stories), born in 1942
She is the niece of president Salvador Allende (1908-1973)
She fled to Venezuela with her husband and children after her uncle was
assassinated/suicide by then-army commander-in-chief Augusto Pinochet in a coup d'ét
Began writing in exile — The House of Spirits
Describe the author Julio Cortazar's life. - correct answer-An Argentinian novelist (short story
writer and essayist), born in 1918 and passed in 1984
He was dissatisfied with then Argentine president Juan Perón so he moved to Paris, France
where he lived for the remainder of his life
What is the definition of the artistic movement, Surrealism? - correct answer-Surrealism: it's
purpose to unite the conscious and subconscious realms of expertise
Popularized by artists such as Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, Rene Magritte
Art movement originating from the 1920's
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