A Comparative-Intertextual Study of the Influence of Gabriel Garcia Marquez on Iranian Literature; the Reflection of One Hundred Years of Solitude in Mehta's Balloon

Gabriel García Márquez is one of the most outstanding cultural, political and social figures in Latin America. Apparently Iranian writers have been greatly influenced by him and we can perceive the reflection of his words, his style, or in general, his voice in the works of many Persians writers. In this research we have done an intertextual-comparative-study on the reflection of One Hundred Years of Solitude in Mahta’s Balloon written by Jafar Modares Sadeghi. In this study we have taken advantage of Gérard Genette’s theories of transtextuality by elaborating on intertextual and hypertext approaches. The transtextual relations between the two texts are shown and classified by studying the similarities and differences between the characters and events of these literary works.