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Magical realism blends magical elements into realistic settings to access a deeper understanding of reality. It originated as a genre in Germany in the 1920s and was later associated with Latin American fiction. In magical realism, extraordinary events are presented as part of everyday life and accepted as such. It influences art, literature, and film by mixing fantastical elements with the commonplace. In literature, magical realism invites readers to use their senses and imagination to experience stories, as seen in the works of authors like Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Laura Esquivel's novel Like Water for Chocolate, where magical elements like ghosts and the effects of recipes are integrated into everyday life.
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Magical realism is a genre that blends realistic fiction with surreal or magical elements. In magical realism, the magic is presented as a natural part of the world described in the story. It is set in a realistic environment rather than a fantasy land, and the plot and characters are realistic aside from the inclusion of magical events. Magical realism originated in Latin America in the works of authors like Gabriel Garcia Marquez and is characterized by mundane settings with the matter-of-fact inclusion of fantastical occurrences.
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EXOTICISM - wild/remote locations, other cultures such as the Oriental.
TRANSGRESSION - fear of barbarism, of unleashing human passion beyond social constraings.
Gothic's operation as a literature of the unconscious, of transgressive desires.
ALIENATION - the genre's interest in identity and subjectivity, but of an alienated self, set apart
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The exaggeration of Romance's sense of individuality into alienation in gothic.
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- 2. About Magic Realism • A literary mode rather than a distinguishable genre, magical realism is characterized by two conflicting perspectives, one based on a so-called rational view of reality and the other on the acceptance of the supernatural as prosaic reality. Magical realism differs from pure fantasy primarily because it is set in a normal, modern world with authentic descriptions of humans and society. • It aims to seize the paradox of the union of opposites; for instance, it challenges binary oppositions like life and death and the pre-colonial past versus the post-industrial present. According to Angel Flores, magical realism involves the fusion of the real and the fantastic, or as he claims, “an amalgamation of realism and fantasy.”
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