LT-11_12_Unit-16_Lesson-3_Latin-American-Fiction

Lesson 3
Latin American
Fiction
Identify representative
texts and authors from
1 Asia, North America,
Learning Europe, Latin America, and
Competency Africa (EN12Lit-IIa-22).
Appreciate the cultural

and aesthetic diversity of
2 the literature of the world
(EN12Lit-IIc-33).
Objectives
• describe Latin American fiction; and

• enumerate and describe Latin American
fiction writers and their works.
Essential Question
How does fiction evolve to suit different

readers across generations?
Warm Up!
1. Find at least three examples of an artwork, material

from media, or a trend in pop culture that show the
following:
●merge between
fantastic and realistic
elements
●merge between
traditional and modern
elements
●resistance to authority
or convention
Warm Up!
2. Look for a partner.

3. Share and discuss your answers with your partner.
4. Prepare to share with the class what you have
discussed with your partner.
Vocabulary Words
drench (verb) – to make
something wet
1 They were instructed to never
drench the carpet. grandeur (noun) – a quality of
4 being large and beautiful
They are trying to restore the
stench (noun) – a bad smell park to its former grandeur.
2 It was the dead rat that causes
the stench.
buzzard (noun) – a
stupor (noun) – a condition
where one cannot think normally
5 contemptible person
A buzzard is someone who is
3 because of being drunk or tired not worthy of respect.
He was in a stupor due to lack of
sleep.
Learn about It!
South America has produced a vast number of fiction

writers who became literary giants. Among them are the
following:
Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974)
• award-winning Guatemalan diplomat, novelist,
playwright, and journalist
• emphasized the indigenous cultures of people in his
works
• won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1967
• wrote the novels El Señor Presidente, Men of Maize,
Legends of Guatemala, and Mulata de Tal
Learn about It!
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014)

• born in 1927 in the small town in Aracataca in
Northern Colombia
• Colombian novelist, short story writer, screenwriter,
and journalist
• popularized magic realism, which highlighted the
depiction of fantasy and magic as part of reality
• described by Manuel Santos, President of Colombia,
as “the greatest Colombian who has ever lived.”
Learn about It!
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014)

• won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982
• Two of his influential novels are One Hundred Years of
Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera.
Learn about It!
Mario Vargas Llosa (1936–Present)

• Peruvian writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and
professor
• regarded as one of the most influential writers of his
time
• won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010; the
committee of the award said that the award was
given to him for his cartography of structures of
power and his trenchant images of the individual’s
resistance, revolt, and defeat
• wrote the influential novels The Time of the Hero, The
Learn about It!
An Act of Vengeance
Isabel Allende
Learn about It!
Guide Questions
1. Do you think the title is appropriate for the story?
Explain.
2. Did Dulce choose the best course of action when she
chose to kill herself instead of marrying Tadeo?
Expound.
3. What does Dulce’s act of suicide reveal about her love
for her father and her feelings for Tadeo?
4. If you were Dulce, would you also do what she did for
Tadeo to suffer in his life?
Analysis
Read and analyze the selection below. After, answer the

following questions comprehensively. Responses should
be backed up by textual evidence, and opinions should
be clearly explained.
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Analysis
1. What did Pelayo and Elisenda think about the intention of

the old man with large wings after they consulted with
their neighbor?
2. What did the neighbor tell Pelayo and Elisenda to do and
what stopped them from doing it?
3. How is magical realism employed in the story?
4. How did the man with enormous wings change the life of
Pelayo and Elisenda?
5. What caused people to leave the man with wings? What
does this reveal about the nature of humans as
demonstrated by the writer?
Analysis
Criteria Score
Content
(The answer provides the information asked by the question.
Textual evidence is given, and opinions are clearly explained.)
5 pts.
Organization
(There is a logical progression of ideas evident in the
responses. There is a clear transition observed from one idea
shared to another.) 3 pts.
Language
(Words are spelled appropriately, especially the names of
people and settings in the story. Proper grammar and
mechanics are also observed.) 2 pts.
Score: /10
Values Integration
How can our knowledge of Latin American fiction

help us become a person of depth and further
improve our creativity?
Synthesis
1. Form a group with two classmates of yours. Look for

another work of Latin American fiction.
2. Look at how magical realism is employed or featured in
this work and determine if there are possible significant
events that happened at the time that this work was
written that may have served as inspiration for the
author of the text.
3. Present your work through an infographic. Supplement
the information with pictures of related significant
events or pictures of the writer.
Synthesis
4. Present your work in class. Respond to the comments or

questions of your classmates.
5. After the activity, answer the following questions:
● What were the difficulties you encountered when you
were deciding what text to feature and when you
were researching for information about it?
● What information struck you the most from the
information you gathered from researching? Explain.
Assignment
Read and analyze the selection below. After, answer

the following questions comprehensively.
Responses should be backed up by textual
evidence, and opinions should be clearly explained.
Camilo
Alejandro Zambra
1.Do you think that Camilo and the boy needed each other?
Cite details from the story that support your answer.
2.Camilo does not believe in God or religion, which is unusual,
since in Santiago and in the late 1980s, religion was similar
to soccer. What do you think was the cause of Camilo’s
rebellion?
3.Camilo mentioned, "Stories are boring. Poetry is madness,
poetry is savage, poetry is a torrent of extreme emotions."
Do you agree with this? Explain.
4.Is there anyone in your life who shares similarities with
Camilo? State why you find them to be similar.
5.Who do you think are the intended audience of this story?
Do you think that the story is appropriate for the audience
you identified?
Criteria Score
Content
(The answer provides the information asked by the question.
Textual evidence is given, and opinions are clearly explained.)
5 pts.
Organization
(There is a logical progression of ideas evident in the
responses. There is a clear transition observed from one idea
shared to another.) 3 pts.
Language
(Words are spelled appropriately, especially the names of
people and settings in the story. Proper grammar and
mechanics are also observed.) 2 pts.
Score: /10

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Lesson 3

Appreciate the cultural

• describe Latin American fiction; and

How does fiction evolve to suit different

1. Find at least three examples of an artwork, material

2. Look for a partner.

South America has produced a vast number of fiction

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014)

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014)

Mario Vargas Llosa (1936–Present)

Read and analyze the selection below. After, answer the

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

1. What did Pelayo and Elisenda think about the intention of

How can our knowledge of Latin American fiction

1. Form a group with two classmates of yours. Look for

4. Present your work in class. Respond to the comments or

Read and analyze the selection below. After, answer

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