Julio Cortázar

The Separation between the Fantastic and the Real in the Stories of Julio Cortázar Throughout the following research paper, we will develop the literary analysis of the stories "The night face up” “After lunch” “The Axolotl” and “Cefalea” by Julio Cortazar. I chose this author because we can enjoy his literature in which reality is transformed into fantasy, which catches us and forces us to interpret it. The author chosen belongs to the "boom" of Latin American literature. That is why his style is avant-garde and uses surrealism as the only way to represent reality. The main characteristic of his fantastic narrative is the application of unusual and suggestive elements; always part of daily situations combined with paranormal…

Julio Cortazar develops a narrator who is a spiritual character to explore the world of fantasy with the real world. Through the use of vivid dreams and sensory imagery he invites the reader into the nightmare which effectively reveals the terror and the lack of control after the accident. Suffering the effects of terrible shock after the accident he enters an unusual dream where he is in flight from the Aztecs. He smells war and in the end feels himself lifted face up as a sacrificial victim.…

Q1 IR Questions 1. What is the title and who is the author of your IR book? - The title of my book is Woods Runner and it is by Gary Paulsen. 2. Who is/ are the main character(s)? Describe their personalities and their goals. - The main character in my book is Samuel and Annie (starting halfway through). Samuel and Annie’s goal is to find Samuel’s parents. They are also Annie’s parents because Samuel “took her in.” 3. What did you see as the primary conflict in the story? - The primary…

The story “Axolotl” by Julio Cortázar tells us the tale of a man who slowly transforms into an animal. The relation begins with the man explaining how he met the axolotls by chance one spring day. According to the narrator, the lions and panthers from Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes, i.e., the zoo that belongs to the botanical gardens Jardin des Plantes, were his friends, but since the lions were ugly and sad and the panthers were asleep, he decides to go into the aquarium one particular…

the door knob and it was locked, so I got the first thing that I found and it was a trophy I had on the table and I walked to the kitchen looking for the person who was making the noise and I found no one. The only logical reason that my brain thought of was there were supernatural forces involved. I got scared so I grabbed my phone and I got my things for music class and I left and locked the door and instantly called my mom to tell her what had happened. I told her what happened and she told…

In the Story “House Taken Over” by Julio Cortazar, the characters demonstrated their odd fear for the unknown by shutting off sections in their house. Two strange siblings, who were middle-aged, lives together quietly in their big house. They were quite unusual as they stayed in their house all day doing the hobbies they enjoy. The sister enjoys knitting while her brother cleans. One night when the brother wakes up, he hears a noise stirring in a section of the house. He then calmly shuts off…

A wise person once stated, “Fear is not real. It is the product of thoughts you create. Danger is very real, but fear is a choice.” Edgar Allen Poe and Julio Cortazar used fear to create paranoia throughout their stories, “The House of Usher” and “House Taken Over.” These characters show tremendous fear and emotions. In the short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, by Edgar Allen Poe, Gothic Literature is shown. Throughout the story, it demonstrates characters with extreme emotions and is…

The two characteristics of magical realism that are presented in Julio Cortázar’s “Axolotl” that help the reader gain a deeper understanding of reality are time is not linear and supernatural and natural. First of all, the author uses time is not linear in order to represent that often times individuals only realize things when they are put in the exact situation. According to “Axolotl”, “I stayed watching them for an hour and left, unable to think of anything else.” By using the…

Delve into a miraculous and profoundly dreamlike world. A world and lifestyle where the basic fundamentals of life are intertwined with unquestionable magical occurrences. Envision a human being with great virtue spontaneously floating and reflecting in the vibrant light of the sun. Imagine an elderly man naturally tossing a peso into the air and piercing it with a Colt .44 single action revolver. These are prime examples of the unquestionable magic that defines the literary movement of magical…

Have you ever thought your yourself, is my house part of me? Or do you hear loud noises banging in your house? In the story House Taken Over by Julio Cortazar was a story about two siblings that live in a big wealthy house. Throughout the story the narrator talks a lot about fantasy in the house. Going into the story the first, the narrator talks about marrying his sister to keep the house in their family. Another thing the narrator talked about was the noises coming out of there house. “...…