This article, which evaluates One Hundred Years of Solıtude, one of the
important works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is discussed in three stages. In the first
stage, the life, literary personality, and influences of Gabriel Garcia Marquez are
investigated in order to understand the events, especially the banana massacre, which
had a great impact. The environment in which the events took place, and the details in
the descriptions, the period, and conditions in which this novel was written are
reviewed.
In the second stage, the definition of the magical realism movement is studied, and its
features are examined by giving examples and descriptions throughout the novel. In the
third stage, the life process of “Macondo,” where the novel took place, from its
establishment as a village to its urbanization and disappearance, are discussed. In these
depictions, many changes and transformations that we encounter throughout the novel
are examined over the following topics, changing the purpose of creating space, adding
new functions to the buildings, enlarging the buildings by making additions,
migrations, the effect of community and social change on daily life and space and the
perception of this space on people, the sense of belonging of local people and
alienation from the city, and the mechanization of space production are examined in the
novel.
Keywords: Aracataca, Architectural, Buendia family, Buildings, Colombia,
Creating space, Daily life, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, House, Macondo, Magical
realism movement, Mechanization, Migration, Personalization of space, Social
changes, Solidite, Space, Transformation, Urbanisation, Village.
