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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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- 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.