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How did magical realism affect your understanding of the text ?
“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).
"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).
Real-world setting + fantastical elements = magical realism
Merriam Dictionary:
" A literary genre or style associated especially with Latin America that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction"
Do you think authors nowadays tend to be more Realist or Magical Realist? What do you think has caused these changes overtime?
Although authors from all around the world use magical realism, why do you think it is more prevalent in Latin America literature?
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