One Hundred Years of Solitude: The Elements of Fantasy.

The present paper elucidates the existence of magical elements in the novel of Garcia Marquez. The purpose of the current paper is to look closely at the concept of fantasy elements which combines with the day-to-day details in the lives of people in Macondo. One Hundred Years of Solitude has been taken for the study to substantiate the above stated concept. It is found that Garcia Marquez presents the reality by incorporating the magical elements and it is used as a weapon to rewrite the history of his homeland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]