Setting and Cultural Context (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Where and when the novel is set
Where and when the novel is set
Caribbean coastal town, Colombia, 1950s
Duration of main story events
Duration of main story events
One morning
La Violencia: years
La Violencia: years
1948-1958
Cultural force driving the plot
Cultural force driving the plot
Latin American machismo
Bishop's boat symbolism
Bishop's boat symbolism
False salvation; absent divine intervention
Santiago Nasar's ethnic heritage
Santiago Nasar's ethnic heritage
Syrian (father Ibrahim Nasar)
Real event basis: location and year
Real event basis: location and year
1951 murder in Sucre, Colombia
Why the town is unnamed
Why the town is unnamed
Creates universality
Women's spaces vs men's spaces
Women's spaces vs men's spaces
Domestic vs public
Phrase showing fatalism before murder
Phrase showing fatalism before murder
'They've already killed him'