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How did magical realism affect your understanding of the text ?

Dreams and Omens

“He’d [Santiago] dreamed he was going through a grove of timber trees where a gentle drizzle was falling, and for an instant he was happy in his dream” (3) .

“[Placida Linero] had a well-earned reputation as an accurate interpreter of other people's dreams . . . but she hadn't noticed any ominous augury in the. . . dreams of trees he'd [Santiago] described to her on the mornings preceding his death" (98).

Characteristics of Magical Realism

"He [Santiago] stood up, leaning to one side, and started to walk in a state of hallucination, holding his hanging intestines in his hands"(119).

Exaggeration

Simpler Definition

  • story takes place in ordinary setting
  • has one or two mythical elements (ie. dreams, magic)
  • mythical elements are NOT the main focus of the story
  • they are treated like normal occurences

Real-world setting + fantastical elements = magical realism

Literary Definition

Merriam Dictionary:

" A literary genre or style associated especially with Latin America that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction"

HISTORY

  • found by art critic, Franz Roh, in 1925
  • was a reaction to Realism
  • become an art movement in the 1940s in Latin America.
  • became famous worldwide during the “Boom Period” of 1962-1967
  • Important authors: Julio Cortazar, Carlos Fuentes, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Do you think authors nowadays tend to be more Realist or Magical Realist? What do you think has caused these changes overtime?

What is magical realism????

Although authors from all around the world use magical realism, why do you think it is more prevalent in Latin America literature?

  • bridges the culture divide
  • distances readers from daily life and allows them to view it differently

Significance of Magical Realism

Fantasy

What Isn't Magical Realism?

Sci-fi

Magical Realism in Latin America

Ashleen, Ivana, and Anissa

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