What is magical realism?: An explanation of a literary style
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Main Author: Reeds, Kenneth S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lewiston ; Queenston ; Lampeter The Edwin Mellen Press [2013]
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
DE-188
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-290) and index
Introduction -- Magical realism: a problem of definition -- Precursors: the neo-fantastic and the recasting of history -- Magical realism in Latin America -- Midnight's children and the postcolonial potential of magical realism -- Three aspects of today's magical realism -- Conclusion
This is the first book to carefully show the ways that magical realism emerged in the twentieth century in places other than Latin America. For example, the definition is given that works must contain elements of the neo-fantastic along with re-casting history. Gabriel García Márquez being the acknowledged representative author of the genre contains both in his novels. Authors like Gunter Grass, Franz Kafka, Jorge-Luis Borges, and Alejo Carpenter all contain some but not all elements of the genre. They can be considered early progenitors but not fully within the same classification as magical
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 299 Seiten)
ISBN:9780773417717

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