BALKAN MAGICAL REALISM: A EUROPEAN LITERARY NETWORK
Journal: Incursions into the Imaginary
Year: 2024

The present discussion focuses on a reconfiguration influenced by regional space, incorporating concepts such as ‘magical realism.’ Various narrative forms that fulfill specific criteria have been analyzed to elucidate the framing of fiction under the encompassing paradigm of this perspective. Our thesis posits that magical realism has become indigenized within the Balkan context, resulting in fiction that carries distinct national and transnational implications. A particularly relevant example