It is a genre used to refer almost exclusively to the written world (including drama ). When a commentary or critique is wrapped in the magical it seems to be more easily digested by the readers/viewers. Magical Realism is a genre of fiction writing that is interested in imbuing the modern realistic world with magical, fantastical elements. The artist often takes the current political/cultural climate and through their fantastical tale critique or makes social commentary about how they see what is going on. Magical realism, or magic realism, is a genre in which fantastical or otherworldly elements are present in what is an. This, in turn, allows the reader/viewer to more easily accept the amazing things that seem to be happening in a time that is unsuited for them to be occurring. The artist uses these tales that have been embedded in our minds throughout history allows for a level of familiarity with the tale. The use of mythology, legend, and fables is one of the most important assets within the magical realism arsenal. Allowing the mundane surroundings of an average everyday life to be tinged with the fantastical.the supernatural …is what allows the reader/viewer to truly believe that there is magic in their own world to be found.
Though the time period does not matter all magical realism is set within the construct of the real world. The writer takes the stance that there is nothing special about the supernatural or fantastical and therefore the reader accepts it with no question…it just is. The fantastical elements within the story are relayed with little to no explanation almost as if it is just a normal everyday occurrence. So just what are some of the elements of magical realism let’s talk about the four most important of them…. Magical realism is, more than anything else, an attitude towards reality that can be expressed in popular or cultured forms, in elaborate or rustic styles, in. Magical realism doesn’t only reside in art and the written word anymore but has found its way into film, comic books and television. Now the term has moved on and the definition I gave at the beginning of this post is the modern interpretation of the genre and oh how this genre has grown.
The term moved into the realm of literature in the ’40s and ’50s and very strongly in Latin American literature with writers such as Gabriel Garcia Márquez. The term was coined in 1925 by Franz Roh to describe a new art painting style that showed hyper-realistic people in the mundane world of the time. Though I had never really heard the term I have been a fan of this genre for quite a while. Magical realism’s definition is the literary style whereby magic or fantastical elements are placed in the modern world. magic realism, chiefly Latin-American narrative strategy that is characterized by the matter-of-fact inclusion of fantastic or mythical elements into seemingly realistic fiction.
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