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Grzęda, P. 2013. “Magical Realism: A Narrative of Celebration or…
Grzęda, P. 2013. “Magical Realism: A Narrative of Celebration or Disillusionment? South African Literature in the Transition Period”
historical background
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reconciliation and reconstruction of identities, memories, urge to revisit the past
juxtaposes “white writing” and “black writing”
as two dominant trends in South African literature of the period
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agenda of protest writing required explicit and
straightforward engagement with the contemporary milieu
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everyday fight for survival, their meaningful spiritual and intellectual life
shift in emphasis in South African fiction from the public
sphere to the private realm, to self-reflexivity and auto-critique
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Magical realism
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thriving on
transition, on the process of change, borders and ambiguity
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narrative of reconciliation creating space for the
interaction of difference in a still racially polarised South African society
narratives infused with dreamlike elements are repeatedly rendered
using distinctively postmodern narrative techniques
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Zoo City
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juxtapose the past and the present, the traditional and the modern
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“a nostalgic, or a utopian harmony, and
hence is ultimately not politically progressive”
