Do you Really Believe in Magic An Introduction
Do you “Really” Believe in Magic? An Introduction to Magical Realism
Elements of Magical Realism • Transformation of the common and the everyday into the awesome and the unreal.
Elements of Magical Realism • Elements of dreams, fairy story, or mythology combine with the everyday.
Elements of Magical Realism • The frame or surface of the work may be conventionally realistic. • Have a strong narrative drive.
Magical Realism, Authors • Gabriel Garcia Marquez – Columbia, 1928 • Jorge Luis Borges – Argentina, 1899 -1986 • Guenter Grass – Germany, 1927 -
Gabriel Garcia Marquez • He lived in Aracataca, Colombia, a banana town by the Caribbean. • His grandparents were his most important relatives, and influenced him and his writing later on.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez • His grandfather was a general, a hero and a great story teller. • His grandmother was very superstitious. She filled the house with stories of ghosts and premonitions.
Elements of Magical Realism • Transformation of the common and the everyday into the awesome and the unreal. • Examples: An angel is found in a mud puddle of the courtyard. The angel’s wings have parasites.
Elements of Magical Realism • Elements of dreams, fairy story, or mythology combine with the everyday. • Examples: Some townspeople thought the angel should be named mayor of the world or at least a 5 -star general. A man couldn’t sleep because the noise of the stars disturbed him.
Elements of Magical Realism • The frame or surface of the work may be conventionally realistic. • Example: Townspeople, village, flood, chicken coop.
Elements of Magical Realism • Have a strong narrative drive. • Example: Wings are not the most important difference between a hawk and an airplane. They are even less important in recognizing an angel.
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