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This 3 page paper examines what magical realism is, and argues that Marquez’s work should be taken seriously. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Magical Realism Research Compiled for The
Paper Store, Inc. by K. Von Huben 6/2010 Please Introduction Is it possible to take the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
seriously or are they an absurdists slanted look at the world? This paper argues that even though they are often considered examples of "magical realism," they should be studied seriously.
Discussion First, lets consider "magical realism." The term was coined by a German art critic named Franz Roh; it refers to the "fusion of the real and the fantastic" (Moore,
1998). It cannot be described as fantasy, because it is "set in a normal, modern world with authentic descriptions of humans and society" (Moore, 1998). The stories that are considered
to be written with this technique are mostly realistic with fantastic touches. According to Moore, some of the techniques associated with magical realism include the examination of "borders, mixing
and change" (1998). Authors of such stories must walk a fine line: they must keep "ironic distance from the magical world view for the realism not to be compromised," but
at the same time, they have to respect the magic (Moore, 1998). That is, the real world must be real but the magic must also work, and the author cannot
comment on it, belittle it or make fun of it. In addition, authors working with this technique do not explain the supernatural, which would be to undercut it;
they simply accept it (Moore, 1998). Some of the themes these stories deal with are terror, the idea of time as cyclical instead of linear, paradox and irony, and the
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