Magic realism | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-03-26

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00:01:30 1 Etymology
00:05:55 2 Literature
00:06:04 2.1 Characteristics
00:06:32 2.1.1 Fantastical elements
00:07:06 2.1.2 Real-world setting
00:07:42 2.1.3 Authorial reticence
00:08:38 2.1.4 Plenitude
00:10:06 2.1.5 Hybridity
00:10:30 2.1.6 Metafiction
00:11:33 2.1.7 Heightened awareness of mystery
00:12:34 2.1.8 Political critique
00:14:49 2.2 Origins
00:17:23 2.3 Major topics in criticism
00:17:33 2.3.1 Ambiguities in definition
00:19:29 2.3.2 Western and native worldviews
00:21:44 2.3.3 Lo real maravilloso
00:25:20 2.3.4 Latin American exclusivity
00:32:00 2.3.5 Postmodernism
00:35:25 2.4 Comparison with related genres
00:36:21 2.4.1 Realism
00:38:09 2.4.2 Surrealism
00:39:37 2.4.3 Imaginary realism
00:40:23 2.4.4 Fabulism
00:45:34 2.4.5 Fantasy
00:48:38 2.4.6 Animist realism
00:49:14 2.4.7 Science fiction
00:50:36 2.5 Major authors and works
00:54:37 3 Visual art
00:54:46 3.1 Historical development
00:58:52 3.2 Magic realism that excludes the overtly fantastic
01:03:05 3.3 Later development: magic realism that incorporates the fantastic
01:05:01 3.4 Painters
01:05:09 4 Film and television
01:07:54 5 Video games and new media
01:09:16 6 See also



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Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is a style of fiction that paints a realistic view of the modern world while also adding magical elements. It is sometimes called fabulism, in reference to the conventions of fables, myths, and allegory. "Magical realism", perhaps the most common term, often refers to fiction and literature in particular, with magic or the supernatural presented in an otherwise real-world or mundane setting.
The terms are broadly descriptive rather than critically rigorous. Matthew Strecher defines magic realism as "what happens when a highly detailed, realistic setting is invaded by something too strange to believe". Many writers are categorized as "magical realists", which confuses the term and its wide definition. Irene Guenther tackles the German roots of the term, and how art is related to literature. Magical realism is often associated with Latin American literature, particularly authors including genre founders Gabriel García Márquez, Miguel Angel Asturias, Jorge Luis Borges, Elena Garro, Juan Rulfo, Rómulo Gallegos, and Isabel Allende. In English literature, its chief exponents include Salman Rushdie, Alice Hoffman, and Nick Joaquin.