LCHS Spanish Instructor Paulina Deitrick dives into the fascinating world of magical realism, a captivating genre that has profoundly influenced Latin American literature.

She will explore the works of celebrated authors such as Gabriel García Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and how popular films like Disney's Encanto bring elements of magical realism to mainstream audiences.

Tune in to discover how magical realism transcends mere storytelling, offering a window into the soul of Latin America’s people and their complex relationship with reality, imagination, and history.

Additional Resources:

Authors:

• Gabriel García Márquez (One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Times of Cholera, No One Writes to the Colonel)
• Isabel Allende (The House of the Spirits, Eva Luna, Tales from Eva Luna, The Sum of our Days, The Infinite Plan, The Wind Knows my Name)
• Jorge Luis Borges (especially Fictions, The Library of Babel, Borges and I)
• Julio Cortázar (Hopscotch, Letter to a Young Lady in Paris, Cronopios, Famas)
• Laura Esquivel (The Law of Love, Like Water for Chocolate, Malinche)

Movies:

• Encanto
• Big Fish
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Inception
• Edward Scissorhands
• Midnight in Paris
• Amelie
• Chocolat

Art:

• Gonzalo Endara Crow

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Imagination and creativity are popular words (rightly so), but words like remembrance are not so trendy.

Jared Dybzinski looks at what C.S. Lewis (specifically his Narnia series) and other authors have to say about the poetic imagination and the relationship between knowledge and participatory remembrance.

About Jared Dybzinski Jared Dybzinski is an English Instructor and head of the English department at Liberty Common High School. He studied applied linguistics as an undergraduate at Moody Bible Institute and is currently in a graduate program at the University of Dallas, working on his masters degree in humanities, with a concentration in classical education.

Mr. Dybzinski has been married to his wonderful wife Natalie for eighteen years. They love raising their four daughters and one son. Mr. Dybzinski enjoys most anything outdoors, but especially fly fishing and golf. He enjoys worshiping the Holy Trinity and coming under great works as a means to that great End.

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Is great art born of the person or their circumstances?

When great art is produced, does it flow primarily out of the genius of the artist or the difficult circumstances of their life? Using Ludwig van Beethoven's life and music as a guide, the Hoyers plumb the depths of the age old question, "Would the artist have produced such beautiful art if he hadn't had such a difficult life?"

About Nancy Hoyer

Mrs. Hoyer grew up in Massachusetts and has been singing and playing the flute for over 40 years. She has lived all over the country, including Florida, Connecticut, New York, California, and Colorado, where she has lived for the past 11 years. She and her husband Gustav have five children - all of whom were homeschooled until attending Liberty Common High School. A lover of educational philosophy, and especially Classical Education, Mrs. Hoyer enjoys reading, quilting, taking long walks, volunteering at church, and making music with her family. She is blessed to work at such an incredible school with such wonderful people.

About Gustav Hoyer

Gustav Hoyer was born in Denver CO in 1972. His musical pursuits began in high school following a life-changing encounter with the music of Beethoven and Mozart. He subsequently studied music theory, piano, and violin and pursued collegiate degrees in composition. He has written music for a wide variety of ensembles, media, and settings. His recorded music has been heard in film, on radio, and in performance around the world. He continues to create new orchestral music that draws on the tools of classical vocabulary while fully modern in their contemplations.

Rich in musical narrative, his works have been described as evocative, accessible, and powerfully emotional. He was the Artistic Director for Los Angeles-based Orchestra Unleashed, Artistic Director of contemporary classical ensemble NoCo Artists, and now serves as the Associate Director of the Loveland Opera Theatre. As a conductor he has performed over 20 new compositions by composers from around the world. He continues to record and release new works with recent album releases Witness (2018), The Gilded Age (2020), The Mental Cartographer (2021), A Winter Journal (2023), and Conversations (2023).

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