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Magic Realism Kristina Klein Kelly Terrell Kristina Klein Kelly Terrell

What is Magic Realism?  Combines a realistic portrayal of life with fantastic elements

More Elements of Magic Realism  Fantastic elements are never explained  Characters never question the fantastic element  Causation  Distorts time; often cyclical  Union of opposites (life and death, etc.)  Irony and paradox  Fantastic elements are never explained  Characters never question the fantastic element  Causation  Distorts time; often cyclical  Union of opposites (life and death, etc.)  Irony and paradox

History  Term first used by Franz Roh (1920s)  Borges’ History of Evil (1935) considered first example of Magic Realism by some  Break from Realism: rejection of old forms of literature  Become popular in 1960s and 70s  Term first used by Franz Roh (1920s)  Borges’ History of Evil (1935) considered first example of Magic Realism by some  Break from Realism: rejection of old forms of literature  Become popular in 1960s and 70s

Art  Magic realism used to describe American painting  1920s-50s  Extremely realistic, unlike the literature of magic realism  Magic realism used to describe American painting  1920s-50s  Extremely realistic, unlike the literature of magic realism

Film  Being John Malkovich  Big Fish  Donnie Darko  Edward Scissorhands  Field of Dreams  Harvey  What Dreams May Come  Being John Malkovich  Big Fish  Donnie Darko  Edward Scissorhands  Field of Dreams  Harvey  What Dreams May Come

Latin American Authors  Jorge Louis Borges  Isabel Allende  Juan Rulfo  Gabriel García Márquez  Julio Cortázar  Jorge Louis Borges  Isabel Allende  Juan Rulfo  Gabriel García Márquez  Julio Cortázar

Gabriel García Márquez  One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967)- most widely read example of magic realism  Grotesque carnival  Paradoxical bodily disgust and celebration  Ironic distance  One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967)- most widely read example of magic realism  Grotesque carnival  Paradoxical bodily disgust and celebration  Ironic distance

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