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