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Isabel Allende's work contains magical realism to heighten the reality in her novels. Allende says there is “a fundamental difference between imagination and fantasy. Fantasy is made up of fairytales, which do not have a basis in real life. Imagination is the exaltation of reality.” (Zapata-Whelan). Her books have “elements of imagination” such as “gross exaggeration” and “recurrent use of premonition, of coincidence” (Zapata-Whelan), and hyperbole, events that don’t occur in real life – all technical elements of magical realism. Explored via critics, text and Allende interviews are Of Love and Shadow, Paula and My Invented Country. Bibliography lists 8 sources. jvAllnde.rtf
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between imagination and fantasy. Fantasy is made up of fairytales, which do not have a basis in real life. Imagination is the exaltation of reality." (Zapata-Whelan).
Introduction to Magical Realism On magical realism, Allende states that her books have "elements of imagination" such as
"gross exaggeration" and "recurrent use of premonition, of coincidence" (Zapata-Whelan), and hyperbole, events that dont occur in real life - all technical elements of magical realism. Allende also asserts that
it is logic behind such events, stating that "if you pay attention, they happen often enough" (Zapata-Whelan). She provides the example in
Paula where she uses magical realism to describe images because she does not want her daughters "features to start to fade" (Zapata-Whelan). She uses the concept of visitation to keep
her daughter alive in her present. Allende performs this function for other characters as well and gives the example of Tao Chien in Daughter of Fortune, where he keeps his
beloved wife alive by seeing her as a ghost. Therefore, "like me, [he] has his loved one permanently with him -- it is not odd that he see her" (Zapata-Whelan).
Beth E. Jorgensen defines magical realism as the "use of the literary devices of hyperbole, oxymoron, personification, flashback and prolepsis," to include
"the family saga" and "parallel characters, to name some of the most important ones" (Jorgensen 128). Historical Relationships
The fact that Allende uses the family saga is not surprising since Allende is the niece of Salvador Allende, Chiles president at the time, who was overthrown
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