Analysis Of The Article One Hundred Years Of Solitude,...

The article â€Å"One Hundred Years of Solitude, Indigenous Myth, and Meaning† by Jay Corwin argues that the key elements of the story are the parallels with Colombian mythologies and not the Old Testament, which has been mostly exclusively Western (Corwin 112). Jay Corwin states â€Å"Disambiguation of the novel s re-creation of authentic Colombian mythologies and rituals may lead to a clearer understanding of the novel s themes and ultimately its meanings, thus clarifying its implicit criticism of the rejection of identity† (Corwin 112). To understand the novel, Corwin does an effective job on explaining the parallels with Colombian myths, so that the readers could understand the criticism of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Corwin started his article by mentioning the â€Å"initial critical reception† of the suggested â€Å"parallels between the novel and the Old Testament† which is obvious because the myths are widely known in the West (Corwin 112). He continues with that the fixed devotion to the â€Å"Biblical versions of creation, flight, and destruction† in other interpretations only talk about the parallels between the Old Testament and One Hundred Years of Solitude were indirect and lengthy, also had unnecessary hidden messages (Corwin 112-113). Corwin wants his audience to know that the novel is not similar to the Old Testaments than first critically analyzed. The other interpretations are pointless and are not telling everything upfront. The ‘parallels’ between the novel and