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Magical Realism

• Ordinary as miraculous and miraculous as
  ordinary

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To begin

• Magical realism is a literary style that
  generally describes works that combine fantasy
  with reality.
• Magical realism is often described as a product
  of Latin America, but the German art critic Franz
  Roh is actually credited with coining the term
  (although he was talking about visual art that
  combines the everyday and fantastic).

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Magical Realism

• It is often used in such a way that in a way that
  the mythical occurrences do not seem odd to the
  characters at all. The characters accept the
  supernatural incidents as a part of everyday
  life. The setting is a normal, modern world with
  authentic descriptions of humans, society, and
  conflicts.
• In other words its not Narnia, Forks WA, or
  Middle Earth.

NOPE.
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Magical Realism

• Fantastic things often happen without an
  explanation.
• The use of supernatural events does not seem
  strange or disconcerting because the supernatural
  world is integrated into the norms and
  perceptions of the narrator and characters.
• Theres not usually a clear ruling on the
  accuracy of events, or the credibility of
  characters. The author keeps their distance so as
  not to ruin the magic.

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Magical Realism

• Defies or changes our expectation of fictional
  characters.
• Objects and places in magical realist novels
  behave in ways that they could not in a realistic
  fiction.
• But does that mean we cant relate to them?
• Magical realism is a way of showing reality
  more truly.
• Especially in Like Water for Chocolate, magical
  realism gives us a glimpse at a different type of
  reality how characters can so deeply affected by
  something in their lives that reality reflects
  that.

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Magical Realism

• Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia)
• Isabel Allende (Chile)
• Salman Rushdie (Britain, India)
• Sherman Alexie (Washington)
• Laura Esquivel (Mexico)

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Magical Realism vs. Science Fiction/Fantasy

• The crucial difference between magical realism
  and science fiction/fantasy is that magical
  realism sets magical events in realistic
  contexts, thus requiring us to question what is
  "real," and how we can tell.

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Magical Realism in Art

• Rob
• Gonzales

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Magical Realism in Film

• Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

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Magical Realism in Film