One hundred years of solitude, maybe the most well-known novel of Latin America, has been well

studied as a typical example of magic realism. Among these numerous studies, there are some that
have noted the relationship between fiction and reality, in which the fiction is mainly interpreted
as a game of male. Few of them paid attention to female characters, so my research focuses on the
women in the fiction, to investigate how the reconstruction of the novel reveals the living situation
of female in the reality.
I take Ursula, the most typical female character as an example. The research is divided into two
parts. The first one is her role on the external structure, her influence on the plot as an invisible
guide. The clue throughout the novel is the tragic destiny, solitude, is actually initiated by Ursula.
And when the plot is brought to the end in advance because of the love, the incest between an aunt
and a nephew, Ursula appears, and the two are frightened and awakened, ending their incestuous
relationship and preventing the novel from premature ending. This powerful influence of Ursula
reflets the traditional culture in Colombia, the Muica culture, in which the goddess Buachue, a
female is recognized as the origin of the world, and therefore their power is fully acknowledged.
This thought is unconsciously rooted in the society of Colombia.
In the second part, I pay more attention to the internal world of Ursula, to examine how her self-
development reflects the situation. And I found an obvious change of position of Ursula, from the
private space to public affairs, when she is angry about the administration of her grandson, she
scolded him and seized his power as a governor, from then on the affairs of the town are all hers to
decide. In other words, she breaks out of the traditional female space of home to participate in
public affairs, the default male domain. But it is noteworthy that to obtain political power, she
scolded her grandson, saying “Son of bitch, kill me too, so I don’t have to be ashamed of having
raised such a monster”, she participates in politics not as an independent citizen, as Ursula herself,
her power stems from her identity of a grandmother, still from the private space of the family. This
is a reflection of the reality that women were excluded from the definition of citizenship until
1945. Marquez rationalizes Ursula's political participation by constructing a town, which is
actually an extension of family, reflecting the impossibility for women to live as independent
citizens.
In conclusion, the reconstruction of Ursula reveals the conflict of traditional idea and the reality
that female citizenship has not been recognized. Only by fully affirming women’s civil rights can
their power be fully demonstrated.