Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Volume
96
First Page
31
Last Page
49
Abstract
In García Márquez’s novel, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the author deftly applies names to transmit the novel’s themes. In this paper, we analyse García Márquez’s text from the perspective of community. We examine how names are used discursively to portray the roles of characters and their contributions to the fictional community in the novel, and explore the role of patriarchy in a society’s ambivalent commitment to preserving a community ideal known as the ‘cult of virginity’.
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Notes
Article published in Onomastica Canadiana, available at https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/oc/article/view/14956.