This document discusses several narrative techniques used in magical realism stories, including A Little Princess. These techniques include authorial reticence in describing fantastical events as ordinary, providing an abundance of disorienting details, combining opposing realities, exploring the relationship between fiction and reality, requiring an open-mindedness to hidden meanings that can't be explained conventionally, and implicitly critiquing society through focusing on marginalized groups.

8. A Little Princess (1995)

11.  Authorial Reticence: The narrator speaks indifferently when describing fantastical events or
details. Magical events are presented as ordinary occurrences; therefore, the reader accepts the
marvelous as normal and common.
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 Plenitude: Giving an extraordinary abundance (plenty) of disorienting detail.The layering of
several elements.
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 Hybridity: Connecting two, often opposing, “realities” to appear simultaneously together.
 Ex. urban and rural,Western and indigenous, 17th century and 20th century
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 Metafiction: Exploring the impact fiction has on reality, reality on fiction, and the reader and
narrator’s roles in between. Drawing attention to itself as a work of fiction.
 Ex. a movie about making a movie
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 Heightened Awareness of Mystery: The reader must let go of preexisting ties to conventional
exposition, plot advancement, linear time structure, scientific reason, etc., to strive for a state of
heightened awareness of life's connectedness or hidden meanings. Open-mindedness of things
that cannot be explained in a conventional way. Letting go of conventions to explore life’s
hidden meanings
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 Political Critique: An implicit criticism of society, particularly the elite. Focuses on the
marginalized, the geographical, social, and economic minorities and outcasts of societies.
Therefore, magic realism's ‘alternative world’ works to correct the reality of established viewpoint