The Fantastic

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The Fantastic

• Corey Odell

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What is the Fantastic?

• Tzvetan Torodov wrote The Fantastic
• Very similar to Magical Realism
• Sometimes confused with Grotesque and
  Supernatural fiction

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What is the Fantastic?

• The Fantastic is that hesitation experienced by
  a person who knows only the laws of nature,
  confronting an apparently supernatural event
• Something is not quite right.
• Could be explained by natural or supernatural
  causes
• Both reader and character are caught in
  indecision
• Caught between uncanny and marvelous- not quite
  either

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Predecessors to the Fantastic

• Gothic Fiction (1772)
• Oscar Wildes The Picture of Dorian Gray
• Henry James The Turn of the Screw
• Toni Morrisons Beloved

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Fantastic Writers

• Edgar Allen Poe
• Jorge Luis Borges
• María Luisa Bombal
• Julio Cortázar
• Silvia OCampo
• Gabriel García Márquez
• Mikhail Bulgakov
• Jan Potockis Saragossa Manuscript

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Fantastic Artists

• Frida Kahlo
• Armando Morales

• Fernando Botero

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Bibliography

• "Fantastic." Wikipedia. 5 Feb. 2007. 6 Feb. 2007
  lthttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasticgt.
• Franco, Jean. An Introduction to Spanish-American
  Literature. 3rd ed. New York Cambridge UP, 1994.
  
• Latin American Fantastic Art. 6 Feb. 2007
  lthttp//pages.slc.edu/mnegroni/c03_lafantasticlit
  /PaintingsMain.htmgt.
• Niel Cornwell. Fantastic, The (1772). 6 Feb.
  2007 lthttp//www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec
  trueUID1215gt.
• Todorov, Tzvetan. The Fantastic. Ithaca, NY
  Cornell University, 1975. 24-57.