Big Mama’s Funeral

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literary work short story

Big Mama’s Funeral is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez, set in the fictional town of Macondo, that satirically portrays the extravagant funeral of a powerful matriarch.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Los funerales de la Mamá Grande 2
Big Mama 1
Big Mama’s Funeral canonical 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
centralEvent extravagant funeral ⓘ
containsElement fantastical elements ⓘ
hyperbole ⓘ
irony ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Colombia ⓘ
createdBy Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
fictionalTown Macondo ⓘ
firstPublicationLanguage Spanish ⓘ
genre magic realism ⓘ
satire ⓘ
literaryMovement Latin American Boom ⓘ
mainCharacter Big Mama’s Funeral self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Big Mama
narrativeStyle third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor allegorical portrayal of political power ⓘ
extravagant depiction of a funeral ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
originalTitle Big Mama’s Funeral self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Los funerales de la Mamá Grande
partOfCollection Big Mama’s Funeral self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Los funerales de la Mamá Grande
protagonistRole powerful matriarch ⓘ
publicationForm short story collection ⓘ
setInFictionalUniverse Macondo cycle of stories ⓘ
setting Macondo ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
myth of power ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
power ⓘ
social satire ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Macondo → appearsIn → Big Mama’s Funeral ⓘ
Big Mama’s Funeral → originalTitle → Big Mama’s Funeral self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Los funerales de la Mamá Grande
Big Mama’s Funeral → mainCharacter → Big Mama’s Funeral self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Mama
Big Mama’s Funeral → partOfCollection → Big Mama’s Funeral self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Los funerales de la Mamá Grande