Magical Realism Seeing reality with wonder and amazement and a bit of magic “These same artists developed a realistic style, portraying everyday life but adding a twist of the bizarre and unusual. Magical Realism painters added dreamlike and fantastical elements to their art, but their subject matter still always remained within the realm of the possible.”
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Magical Realism Seeing reality with wonder and amazement and a bit of magic “These same artists developed a realistic style, portraying everyday life but.
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Magical RealismSeeing reality with wonder and amazement
and a bit of magic
“These same artists developed a realistic style, portraying everyday life but adding a twist of the bizarre and unusual. Magical Realism painters added dreamlike and fantastical elements to their art, but their subject matter still always remained within the realm of the possible.”
Magical Realism in LiteratureRULE 1:transformation of the common and the everyday into the awesome and the unreal
Magical Realism in Literature
RULE 2elements of dreams, fairy story, or mythology combine with the everyday
Magical Realism in LiteratureRULE 3the frame or surface of the work may be conventionally realistic (everything else seems pretty normal or possible)
Magical Realism in Literature
RULE 4a strong narrative drive
Magical Realism in Literature
• Often deals with a central idea or question
• The Function of MR:The exaggerations or mystical/magical things happening reflect a different way of looking at real life
Example: A very tall man or giant might show just how odd or unusual someone is