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Magical realism

Magical realism, magic realism, or marvellous realism is a style or genre of fiction and art that presents a realistic view of the world while also incorporating magical elements, often blurring the lines between speculation and reality. Magical realism is the most commonly used of the three terms and refers to literature, in particular, with magical or…

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related to Description · 71
Magical realism → Akhteruzzaman Elias, Alejo Carpentier, Alice Hoffman, All, Andrei Sinyavsky, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Asturias, August, British, Carrión Grimes, Colombian, David Lodge, Devanur Mahadeva, Elena Garro, Fiction, Forgetting, Gabriel García Márquez, German, Germanic, Guenther's
related to Origins · 52
Magical realism → Alejo Carpentier, Alejo Carpentier's, American, As Gregor Samsa, Berlin, Between, Bontempelli, Buenos Aires, Carpentier's, Cuban, European, Fascism, Franz Roh's, Gabriel García Márquez's, García Marquez, Gasset, He, Historia, If, In
related to Precursors · 34
Magical realism → Academic Ceylan, Alexander Pushkin, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Andrei Bely, Crime, Demons, European, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Gogol, Hoffmann, In, Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov's, Ivan's, Leo Tolstoy, Literary Experiences, Nastasya Filippovna, Nikolai Gogol, Other, Philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev, Philosophical
related to Political critique · 31
Magical realism → Abel Posse's Daimón, Alejo Carpentier, Alternatively, Cultural Resistance, Especially, Essex, Gabriel García Márquez' One, Hundred Years, In, Jose Maria Arguedas' Deep, Latin America, Latin American, Magic, Magic Realist Novel, Magic-realist, Magical Insurrections, Maize, Men, Miguel Angel Asturias, Other Latin American
related to Major works and authors · 29
Magical realism → Allende, Although, Another, Chocolate, Comala, For, García Márquez, García Márquez's, Her, In, Isabel Allende, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Preciado, Juan Rulfo, Latin American, Laura Esquivel, Like Water, My, Márquez, Nobel Laureate Gabriel García
related to Postmodernism · 26
Magical realism → Angela Carter, Aureliano, Belgian, Concerning, Günter Grass, Italo Calvino, John Banville, John Fowles, Louis Ferron, Magic, Magical, Michel Tournier, Peter Handke, Postmodernism, Solitude, Some, The, Theo D'haen, There, Thomas Bernhard
related to Historical development · 25
Magical realism → European, Eventually, Franz Roh, German, Germany, Guenther, Gustav Hartlaub, Hartlaub, Italian, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Magischer Realismus, Malerei, Mannheim, Massimo Bontempelli, Nach-Expressionismus, Neue Sachlichkeit, New, New Objectivity, Newest European Painting, Post-Expressionism
related to Lo real maravilloso · 17
Magical realism → Alejo Carpentier, Carpentier, Carpentier's, Fairy, Furthermore, However, In, Latin America, Latin America's, Latin American, Maggie Bowers, Roh's, She, The, The Kingdom, While, World
related to Etymology · 16
Magical realism → Belgian, Franz Roh, German, Gustav Hartlaub, He, Hubert Lampo, In, Italian, Johan Daisne, Massimo Bontempelli, Neue Sachlichkeit, New Objectivity, Novecento, Realismus, Roh, The
related to Realism · 15
Magical realism → As, Century, Fantastic, German Art, In, It, Kornelije Kvas, Literary, Magical, Moreover, On, Realism, Roh's, The, Understanding

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realism magical magic literature reality world fantasy realist american elements works latin fantastic term often new fiction art novel real

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Magical realismis amost commonly used of the three terms and refers to literature0.90text
Magical realismis aattitude on the part of the characters in the novel toward the world0.90text
Magical realismis ainternational commodity but that it has a Hispanic birthplace0.90text
Günter Grassinstance ofWhile authors0.80text
Thomas Bernhardinstance ofWhile authors0.80text
Peter Handkeinstance ofWhile authors0.80text
Italo Calvinoinstance ofWhile authors0.80text
John Fowlesinstance ofWhile authors0.80text
Angela Carterinstance ofWhile authors0.80text
John Banvilleinstance ofWhile authors0.80text
Michel Tournierinstance ofWhile authors0.80text
Willem Brakmaninstance ofWhile authors0.80text

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