"Nor can it be said that any unknown literary continent or province is brought to light with the prize to Gabriel García Márquez
. For a long time, Latin American literature has shown a vigour as in few other literary spheres, having won acclaim in the cultural life of today. Many impulses and traditions cross each other. Folk culture, including oral storytelling, reminiscences from old Indian culture, currents from Spanish baroque in different epochs, influences from European surrealism and other modernism are blended into a spiced and life-giving brew from which García Márquez and other Spanish-American writers derive material and inspiration. The violent conflicts of a political nature - social and economic - raise the temperature of the intellectual climate. Like most of the other important writers in the Latin American world, García Márquez is strongly committed, politically, on the side of the poor and the weak against domestic oppression and foreign economic exploitation. Apart from his fictional production, he has been very active as a journalist, his writings being many-sided, inventive, often, provocative, and by no means limited to political subjects." The purpose of paragraph three is
A.
to influence the reader's opinion of Marquez.
B.
to describe Marquez's writing influences and excellence.
C.
to explain how Marquez uses themes of death and vitality.
D.
to clarify the reason why Marquez's popularity is a reality.
The answer is indeed option B: to describe Márquez's writing influences and excellence.
Explanation:
The paragraph we are analyzing here focuses on describing what cultural factors influence Gabriel García Márquez's writing. The author mentions influences from European surrealism, Indian culture, Spanish baroque, as well as influences from a political and social nature. The author also mentions that Márquez has won a prize, which would be a sign of his excellence.
