THE ART OF CONSTRUCTING CHARACTERS BY GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ IN SOME TYPICAL WORKS

Abstract

The article highlights the art of character building by a Colombian writer - Gabriel Garcia Marquez in a number of typical works: One Hundred Years of Solitude; The Incredible, Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother; and Memories of My Melancholy Whores, by applying character poetic theory and fanciful realism. Surveying the aspects of building character figures, the article points out the writer’s uniqueness in creating the appearance, depicting the inner, constructing personality through actions, dialogues, and interior monologues of the characters or in the eyes of other characters. The character poetic approach to the typical works of G.G. Marquez will help readers master better the aesthetic signals and ideological values conveyed by the writer in the character system.