Johnston, Ian. “On Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.” Johnstonia. May 1999.27 March 2007 <http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/introser/marquez.HTM>.

This article was about five diffent topics. Since I am doing my paper on magical realism I chose to look at the section that consisted of magical realism. The author claims that the "comedic" side of the book is interesting and it leaves the reader wanting more. Johnston gives various examples of how the story is comedic. Johnston claims that the town of Macondo is not real at all, it is all magical. He claims that we receive no mental picture of it. Lastly the magical realism keeps us "on edge." I truly agree with Johnston on this, as the reader, I was always "expecting the unexpected."

Simpkins, Scott. “Magical Strategies: The Supplement of Realism.” Twentieth CenturyLiterature. 34.2(1988): 140-154.JSTOR. St. Xavier U. Chicago, IL. 27 March 2007<http://links.jstor.org/>

This author talks basically of the times when magical realism took place. In other words it gives specifics. He also claims that what seems real to us is abnormal to the inhabitants of Macondo and vice versa. He alsom compares the magical realism to that of other great works, ones I've never read.

Hart, Stephen M. "Magical Realism in the Americas: Politicised Ghosts in One Hundred Years of Solitude , The House of the Spirits , and Beloved."Vol.9.2 (2003): 115-123
Academic Search Premier. Loyola U Lib. Chicago, IL. 29 March 2007

This author focuses not only on the town of Macondo, but of the actual magical acts. Hart states that what we would consider abnormal in this world, as Hart refers to it, "First World" is normal to them. What we se as normal is abnormal to them. The author of this article goes to Marquez's history to explain his motives for the magical realism. He goes even further, by explaining why Marquez used that magical realism. Hart, overall, compares One Hundred Years of Solitude with two other books.

The Necessity of the Literary Tradition: Gabriel García Márquez's "One-Hundred Years of Solitude" (in International English)
James C. Jupp
The English Journal, Vol. 89, No. 3, Our History, Ourselves. (Jan., 2000), pp. 113-115.
Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8274%28200001%2989%3A3%3C113%3ATNOTLT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A

The author review the specifics of magicla realism. It says that it is more as a fantasy thatn realism. The author goes in depth in that side of the sprectrum. He feels that the magical realism was very necessary to the plot of the story he claims that the magicla realism brought out who the charcters really were. Lastly it kept the reader entertained.

Play and Playfulness in García Márquez' "One Hundred Years of Solitude"
Enrique A. Giordano
Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, Vol. 42, No. 4. (1988), pp. 217-229.
Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0361-1299%281988%2942%3A4%3C217%3APAPIGM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y

This author claims it to be funny and "playful" as the title of the article suggests. It goes a little more in depth than the others.