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Magic Realism
English IV ● Pilgreen
Magic Realism
• An “art of surprises”• Popularized by Hispanic writers
Distinguishing Features
• Elements of the magical & the ordinary are interwoven seamlessly; hard to determine where one stops & the other ends
• Setting is an otherwise ordinary world• Objects & settings may take on lives of their
own in a way that is ordinary to the characters• Doesn’t always follow a traditional time
structure
Distinguishing Features
• Gives the reader a sense of being inside a puzzle or maze
• Contains contradictions, inconsistencies & ambiguities
• A metamorphosis takes place, but it’s treated as ordinary by the characters
• Similar to oral tradition: fables, myths, tall tales, urban legends
Distinguishing Features
• Magical elements may enhance a subversive message or personalized point of view; not mainstream perspectives
• Magic occurs without using devices typical to fantasy (ghosts, angels) unless these creatures are treated as common & ordinary
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• “Father of Magic Realism”• Columbian writer, journalist & publicist• Won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982• One Hundred Years of Solitude• Love in the Time of Cholera
Sources
References:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/magic+realismhttp://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/resourcebank/definitions/http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/ncw/marquez.htmhttp://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Magical-Realism-How-to-Read-Ithttp://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Magical-Realism-In-a-Nutshellhttp://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Magical-Realism-Distinguishing-Features
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