the perspectives of magic realism in the novel LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE

1. LITERATURE AS PANANCEA
THE MEANING OF
MAGICAL REALISM

2. INTRODUCTION
Magic realism or magical realism is an
aesthetic style or a genre of fiction in which
magical elements are blended into a realistic
atmosphere in order to access a deeper
understanding of reality.
Magical realism is a genre of fiction where
real world events contain magical elements
presented in a matter of fact, or realistic
way.

3. Origin of Magical Realism
Magischer Realismus or magical realism, was
coined in Germany in 1920 by Franz Roh.
Realismo mágico or magical realism was
introduced in the 1950s in relation to Latin
American fiction.
From Latin American fiction to all over the
world.

4. The meaning of Magical Realism
The meaning relies upon the understanding of ‘magic’
and ‘realism’.
Magical Realism is something extraordinary that really
happened.
The magical features and storylines appear and are
accepted as everyday reality.
Magical Realism happens when a highly realistic setting
is invaded by the supernatural as a matter-of-fact. The
reader accepts ‘the reality’ of the ‘magical’

5. The influence of magical realism is seen in art,
literature and in film.
Magical Realism paintings include commonplace
objects from everyday life mixed with elements of the
fantastic, drawing from the artist's imagination,
interwoven into a magical fabric.
Magical Realist paintings dealt with themes of
isolation and alienation.
The art historian Serguisz Michalski says
“it was a reflection of german society at that time,
torn between a desire for and simultaneous fear of
unconditional modernity.”

7. IN LITERATURE:
Magical realism in novels is a creative way for the
author to enhance the reader’s experience.
The reader is invited to use ones five senses and
imagination to get the depth of the story.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez- One Hundred Years of Solitude,
The Autumn of the Patriarch
Lev Grossman- The Magicians
Tony Morrison- Beloved
Sulman Rushdie- Midnight’s Children
Laura Esquivel- Like Water for Chocolate

8. Like Water for Chocolate
Tita's recipes have the fantastical ability to change people's
emotions.
Ghosts (her mother) walk along the living.
Fire is one of the greatest elements of the fantastic or magical in
this story.
In the end Pedro and Tita's love was so immense that it consumed
them in fire, this is really magical.

9. IN FILM
In the 1950s, magic realism texts were adapted into
film.
The most representative authors are Rulfo, Fuentes
and Márquez.
The characteristics of magic realism in literature are
very similar to those of magic realism in film.
Wings of Desire (1987)
Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
Frida (2002)
Synecdote, New York (2008)
Midnight's Children (2012)

10. Conclusion
Magical realism comes from a life lived, not a life
imagined.
Magical realism seeks release from the
contemporary bondage of words into the time of
things, to which words are subservient.
Magical realist literatures hold in their single
embrace all truths.
In literature, Magical Realism combines
objective and subjective realities together.