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Magical Realism (Characteristics (Time (Rushdie's Midnight's…
Magical Realism
Characteristics
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Political Critique
"In a democracy, you believe it or not. In a dictatorship, you believe it, or else" - Evan Esar
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Definition
A literary genre associated with Latin America, adds mythical elements into realistic fiction
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Notable Authors
Precedent - Franz Kafka
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Post World War II Latin America, Jorge Luis Borges, Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Alejo Carpentier
John Updike, Italo Calvino, Gunter Grass, Salman Rushdie, John Fowles
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Contrast to Surrealism
Magic realism's relationship to truth sets it apart from surrealism. Surrealists use fantasy to attack conventional ideas of reality. Magic realists created substitute ideas of reality in hope of finding psychological and metaphysical truths.
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