Literature

Comparing Mexican literature with Gabriel García Márquez's books involves contrasting literary styles and cultural contexts, since both groups of works have a rich literary tradition, but often present significant differences in their perspectives and approaches. However, they also share some characteristics, especially within the context of magical realism. Despite cultural and geographic differences, both Gabriel García Márquez and the Mexican authors share similar interests in the themes of death, time, honor, violence, and history. Both groups of writers use non-linear narrative, magical realism, and social criticism as tools to explore the complex realities of Latin America, although each in their own way, García Márquez tends to focus on universal history and magic with a touch of fable, while Mexican writers tend to focus on the particularities of their country's history and culture, with a more critical and political vision of social processes.