Latin American Literature ( Icebreaker)

Select the Latin American continent.

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Answer explanation

Did you know that the oldest kinds of magic in fiction come from the central-southern part of America?

True or False: LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE is considered the largest body of literature in the world

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

False: EUROPEAN LITERATURE is considered the largest body of literature in the world.

Mexico is included in Latin American countries

• YES

• NO

Answer explanation

All of Mexico, along with Central and South American countries, may be grouped under the name Latin America (with the United States and Canada being referred to as Anglo-America (North America))

TRUE or FALSE: Surrealism also became a major influence in Latin American Literature throughout the 30th Century.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Surrealism also became a major influence in Latin American Literature throughout the 20^th Century.

TRUE or FALSE: Spanish and Portuguese are Romance languages originating from Latin

• FALSE

• TRUE

Answer explanation

Spanish and Portuguese are Romance languages originating from Latin

Term for published works in the last twenty years of the 20^th Century

• The Post-Boom Writers

• The Boom Novels

• The Vanguardia

Answer explanation

The Post-Boom Writers – published works in the last twenty years of the 20^th Century

Collectively referred to the literary movements

• The Vanguardia

• The Boom Novels

• The Post-Boom Writers

Answer explanation

The Vanguardia (between 1916 and 1935) – collectively referred to the literary movements

Appeared in the second half of the 20^th century

• The Vanguardia

• The Boom Novels

• The Post-Boom Writers

Answer explanation

The Boom Novels (essentially modernist novels) – appeared in the second half of the 20^th century

A Cuban writer who wrote "The Kingdom Of This World" in 1949

• Pablo Neruda

•    Alejo Carpentier

•    Miguel Angel Asturias

a Chilean poet who wrote "Residence on Earth"

•   Pablo Neruda

• Octavio Paz

• Jorge Luis Borges