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Hajra, Khalid. "Unveiling the Magical Realism of Pakistan: A Thematic Analysis of A Firefly in the Dark and Midnight Doorways." Al-Qantara 10, no. 02 (2024): 355–74. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13309865.
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Academic scholarship on Magical Realism has focused majorly on Latin America and, later, on other nations around the world, Pakistani Magic realist literature, however, has not garnered enough scholarly attention. The irreal has long been a part of Pakistani oral and literary tradition, especially in Urdu literature (Kanwal and Mansoor 2021). Recently, Pakistani Anglophone writers have started experimenting with the genre of Speculative fiction by appropriating local folklore and mythological worlds and motifs inspired by the Islamic and South Asian civilizations. To generate an understanding of the use of magical realism in Pakistani literature, this study has analyzed two contemporary Pakistani Magic Realist texts, Malik (2021) and Haider (2018). Through closed reading and thematic coding the data was coded into descriptive categories. The study first evaluated the selected texts by analyzing the narrative strategies through which the magical had been integrated with realism in the narrative. The study also mapped the origin of the sources of magical tropes employed by both writers and the distinct reflection of Pakistani customs and norms embedded with the marvellous. This study contributed towards the localization of the genre of Magic Realism to the geolocation of Pakistan by establishing the distinctness of Pakistani Magic realist works.
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Sukoco, Daffa Pratama. "The Magical Realism in Makoto Shinkai’s Kimi No Na Wa (Your Name) (2016)." LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies 11, no. 1 (2023): 34–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.26740/lk.v11i1.55693.
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Magical elements do in fact exist, and their presence cannot be explained by human understanding of the outside world (Srikanth. 2014: 331). It is thought that magical realism blurs the distinction between reality and magic by fusing the two concepts into one. Kimi no Na wa (Your Name.) is a CoMix Wave Films anime film directed and written by Makoto Shinkai. It tells the story of two high school students, Mitsuha and Taki. Who one day, they both wake up to find that they have switched bodies. They believe body-swapping is not a coincidence, but rather a consequence of a mysterious event that is connected to their pasts. This research aims to identify the elements of magical realism portrayed in the film, and explore the connections between magical realism to determine the impact of the elements of magical realism on the structure of the film. In this research, the researcher will analyze the elements of magical realism in the movie Kimi no Na wa by Makoto Shinkai, with Wendy B. Faris' five magical realism elements theory. Subtitles and Screenshots from the film Kimi no Na wa are being used by the researcher as data sources. There are also many components that can be considered as elements of magical realism in this movie which are unfortunately rarely discussed in the community. The results of this research found that Makoto Shinkai’s film Kimi no Na wa is categorized as a work of magical realism literature, because it contains 5 characteristics of magical realism. And the significant impact of magical realism elements on the structure of the film is its disruption to the traditional narrative structures.Keywords: Magical, Realism, Magical Realism, Anime, Kimi no Na wa, Makoto Shinkai.
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Mbaabu, Alfred, Oscar Maina, and Yuvenalis Mwairumba. "The Nexus Between Magical Realism and The Post-Colonial Discourse." East African Journal of Arts and Social Sciences 8, no. 2 (2025): 327–38. https://doi.org/10.37284/eajass.8.2.3100.
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The study examines the nexus between magical realism and the postcolonial discourse in Ben Okri’s Infinite Riches and The Famished Road. The study relies on the postcolonial theory as formulated by Frantz Fanon. Ben Okri’s two novels, The Famished Road and Infinite Riches which form the basis for this study, form the basis for this study and also help to explore and understand the connection between Magical realism and the Postcolonial discourse. Using the postcolonial theory, the study examines how the postcolonial narrative is portrayed using magical realism. The study employs close reading and interpretation of both the primary and secondary data sources. The study establishes that magical realism aids the rendition of a postcolonial narrative. Magical realism is also employed in the two postcolonial narratives as a way of resistance and as a dominant voice of the colonial encounter
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Pratama Mario, Danang Putra. "Magical Realism in The Madrigal Family in Film Encanto (2021)." LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies 10, no. 3 (2023): 42–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.26740/lk.v10i3.55626.
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Encanto (2021) is a movie set in a village in the mountains of Colombia. Encanto has a family background where each family member has magical gifts that are useful to help the villagers. The magical realism aspect in this movie is very thick which makes the researcher make this movie as the object of research. The problem that needs to be solved in this research is to explore the elements of magical realism in Encanto (2021) and how the elements of magical realism are depicted. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. In this research, Encanto movie by Jared Bush and Byron Howard is used as the data source. To support this research, e-books, e-journals, articles, and other online sources relevant to magical realism are used. The result of this research shows that all elements of Wendy B Faris' magical realism such as irreducible elements, phenomenal world, unsettling doubts, merging realms, disruption of space, time, and identity can be identified in the movie. The depiction of magical realism in this film is shown in several magical phenomena that occur. The combination of realistic phenomena with magic is used to convince that this story is true. There is also a decentered ideology in the film that depicts the third world. Keywords: Magical realism; Five characteristic; Encanto.
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Ajeng, Galuh Dwi, and Aksendro Maximilian. "Reading Magical Realism in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children for Supporting EFL Students’ Cross-Cultural Awareness." Ksatra: Jurnal Kajian Bahasa dan Sastra 5, no. 1 (2023): 195–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.52217/ksatra.v5i1.1245.
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The present study explores the magical realism contents in the Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. It also aims to investigate the way the magical realism contents to be adapted and integrated into the cross-cultural understanding material to support the EFL students’ cross-cultural awareness. The qualitative research method is employed for analysing the primary source by consulting it to the secondary sources. From the story, it is found that the struggle is available between two opposing structures in a mystical realist document, and one of them is working toward the development of a fantasy universe from the other. These are the worlds of fantasy and life, and they are all present and vying for the reader's interest. Thus, the study may deduce that Rushdie employs magical realist features such as time dilation and the introduction of myth, legends, and folklore. Rushdie has built something unique with Midnight’s Children, and Saleem is honestly attempting to tell the tale of his existence, and the life of the new country. Moreover, based on the contents found, the instructional activities can be designed by adapting the magic realism content found in the story to build the cross-cultural awareness of the Indonesian EFL students. Moreover, magic realism content can also be an alternative and variation on the language and cultural classes.
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Aljomaa, Mervat. "Power, Narrative, and Magical Realism in Hudā Ḥamad’s Sindrīllāt Masqaṭ". Journal of Arabic Literature 54, № 1-2 (2023): 217–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1570064x-12341478.
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Abstract This article examines the narrative and literary techniques employed in Hudā Ḥamad’s Sindrīllāt Masqaṭ to draw on Omani women’s experiences of writing and speaking as sources of empowerment and narrative identity. Marking a shift from the dominant realistic and historical fiction often associated with male writers, Ḥamad experiments with magical realism, the carnivalesque, intertextuality, and metafiction to reconfigure the novelistic genre beyond the national prescriptions of literary production. Through the voice of the narrator, alongside the voices of other ordinary women, the novel underscores the significance of women’s symbolic practices within the societal and cultural boundaries of Oman. In an allegory of writing—a major thread running throughout the novel—the narrator/writer seeks to combine the composite, multiple, and fictional fragments of various women’s stories into a single readable text that preserves oral and cultural memory. Thus, on the one hand, this article explores the writer’s experimentation with narrative and storytelling within the context of the Omani literary tradition. On the other hand, it examines modes of women’s empowerment that work through articulative and enunciative practices in the face of linguistic frustration.
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Dr. Safia Niazi, Shazia Naz, and Dr. Naeem Akhtar. "<b>Analysis of Pedagogical Approaches to Pakistani Women Writers and Feminist Themes in English Literature: An Educational Exploration</b>." Journal of Management & Social Science 2, no. 2 (2025): 627–43. https://doi.org/10.63075/bzc85t49.
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This research investigates feminist themes in English-language literature created by Pakistani women authors, analyzing their roles in South Asian feminist discussions within postcolonial and socio-cultural frameworks. Using a secondary qualitative analysis, it explores common themes including female identity, resistance against patriarchy, intersectionality, and diasporic experiences in the writings of authors such as Bapsi Sidhwa, Kamila Shamsie, Qaisra Shahraz, Uzma Aslam Khan, and Moni Mohsin. Employing Elaine Showalter’s three-phase model (feminine, feminist, female) along with feminist theories postcolonial, intersectional, liberal, and radical the study recognizes narrative techniques such as nonlinear storytelling, magical realism, and satire that enhance women's voices. This study provides a comparative thematic analysis that highlights common patterns of agency and resistance by filling gaps in previous research, which frequently concentrated on individual authors. It highlights the authors' function in confronting gender conventions and enhancing international feminist stories, while recognizing constraints due to its dependence on secondary sources and omission of non-English literature Keywords: Cultural Representation, Empowerment, Gender Identity, Postcolonial Feminism, Resistance and Agency. Introduction
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Li, Wei. "From the Imagination to the Reality: Historical Aspects of Rewriting Six Dynasties Buddhist Avadāna Stories." Religions 14, no. 4 (2023): 545. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel14040545.
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In at least two aspects, Buddhist Avadāna literature shares a strong affinity with Chinese literature. One type of stories can be seen as parallel tales that bear striking resemblances to Chinese tales, while the other type has been assimilated by Chinese writers and transformed into Chinese tales. Regarding the first kind, there are many parallels between Buddhist and Chinese stories throughout the Six Dynasties (222–589), and it was only later that these stories were somehow compiled into collections that brought these parallels to light. As an example of the second type, in linggui zhi 靈鬼志 (The Record of Magical Ghosts) of the Jin Dynasty (265–402), the story of waiguo daoren 外國道人 (“the Foreign Master”) adapts the magical plot in which a man throws up a jug from the story of fanzhi tuhu 梵志吐壺 (“a Brahmin Spits a jug”) in the Buddhist text, yet it changes certain objects of the story to items with Chinese characteristics and develops new meaning. In Xu qixiezhi 續齊諧志 (Further Records of Qixie [Supernatural tales]), the famous e’long shusheng 鵝籠書生 (“the Goose Cage Scholar”, also known as the yangxian shushing 陽羨書生” (the Scholar from Yangxian)”), takes the same story to another level. The structure of the story is changed, and a number of literati aesthetic interests are added, improving the literary color, smoothing down the language, and making substitutions in the text’s specifics, thus, bolstering the sense of realism and history. Meanwhile, in Liu Yiqing’s 劉義慶 (403–444) Xuanjianj 宣驗記 (Records Manifest Records of Manifest Miracles), the Avadāna tale yingwu jiuhuo 鸚鵡救火 (“the Parrot Putting Out the Fire”) that he collected is not only associated with Buddhism but can also be seen as a commentary on the turbulent times and a hint of literati optimism if we view it in the context of Liu Yiqing’s Youminglu 幽明錄 (Record of the Hidden and Visible Worlds). The literary elites of the Six Dynasties drew inspiration from Buddhist Avadāna sources and imaginatively mixed them with historical circumstances to create Chinese fiction with new intentions. The rich resources of Avadāna literature from India and the fable tradition in Chinese literature create cultural conditions for these two sources to combine and mutually develop, forming a world of literature with colorful and meaningful stories.
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Abreu Pederzini, Gerardo David. "Leaders, Power, and the Paradoxical Position: Fantasies for Leaders’ Liberation." Journal of Management Inquiry 27, no. 3 (2017): 325–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1056492617696891.
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In this article, I explore how by furthering our understanding of the concept of power, a critical perspective of the leaders and power debate could emerge, where leaders are no longer only sources of power and almighty heroes but, by contrast, become accepted for the impotence that concurrently characterizes them too. The paradoxical position, of how leaders are demanded to control things they cannot, is an example of power over leaders. In order to cope, with power over them, such as their paradoxical position, leaders fantasize, and through their own fantasies, leaders could liberate themselves. By taking the case of England’s higher education sector and its leaders, where primary qualitative research was done during a recent period of turmoil, the article explores how leaders through their fantasizing could liberate themselves from their paradoxical position. Particularly, I explore the role of magical realist fantasies, which disguise the fantasy as a matter-of-fact.
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Arkhagha, Leen, and Yousef Awad. "Faith, Identity and Magical Realism in Leila Aboulela’s Bird Summons." Advances in Language and Literary Studies 12, no. 4 (2021): 115. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.12n.4.p.115.
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This article adopts a literary analytical approach to illuminate the use of magical realism in the contemporary Anglophone Arab narrative of Leila Aboulela’s Bird Summons (2019). The study follows a methodology which combines two critical approaches to magical realism: first, a textual approach, and then a contextual one. Accordingly, the study uses key magical realist elements in Bird Summons to delineate the poetics of magical realism within the narrative, before determining the context in which magical realism functions in the narrative. Simultaneously, the study benefits from Christopher Warnes’s two strands of magical realism, ‘faith-based magical realism’ and ‘irreverent magical realism’ in providing a coherent basis for the use of magical realism in the text. This study aims at examining the significance of the magical realist narrative in articulating Arab British identity in Bird Summons. The analysis will interpret the role of magical realism in conveying and undermining the dominant ethnic and racial discourses which shape Arab British identities in Britain. The study’s findings demonstrate how the use of magical realism in the examined Anglophone Arab novel reinforces the fictional purposes of Aboulela as a hyphenated Arab, as it allows her to undermine dominant discourses on hyphenated Arab identities. At the same time, the use of magical realism allows Aboulela to (re)construct Arab British identities within her novel, apart from essentialist views of identity.
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Tamrin, Andi Febriana, Onna Onna, and Basri Basri. "Characteristics of Magical Realism in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Film By J.K. Rowling." Interference: Journal of Language, Literature, and Linguistics 4, no. 1 (2023): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.26858/interference.v4i1.42421.
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Abstract. This research analyzes the characteristics of magical realism in the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling. This study uses the magical realism theory of Wendy B. Faris. This research aimed to determine the characteristics of magical realism contained in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film. This research method uses the documentation technique. The data source of this research is the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling, which was released in 2016 and with duration 2 hours 3 minutes. The main theory in this study uses the magical realism theory of Wendy B. Faris, which is contained in the book Ordinary Enchantments Magical Realism and the Remystification of Narrative (2004). The results of this research indicate that there are five characteristics of magical realism in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, namely the irreducible element, unsettling doubt, merging realism, disruption of space, and disruption of identity. Keywords: Magical Realism, Characteristics of Magical Realism, FIlm
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Ganzin, Maxim. "Organizational Magical Realism." Academy of Management Proceedings 2016, no. 1 (2016): 18199. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2016.18199abstract.
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Huilgol, NagrajG. "India-magical realism." Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics 8, no. 1 (2012): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1482.95165.
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Wu, Liangyu. "Magical Realism Cinema." Film International 21, no. 1 (2023): 26–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/fint_00202_1.
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Sundusiah, Suci. "MEMAHAMI REALISME MAGIS DANARTO DAN MARQUEZ." LINGUA: Journal of Language, Literature and Teaching 12, no. 1 (2015): 123–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.30957/lingua.v12i1.76.
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Begun as a theme of painting art, magical realism exists as a typical place in litarature. The works of magical realism literature efforts to appear magical aspects such as superstition, beliefs, folklor and spiritual substance exceding from the logic into reality of daily lifes. The substance of the magic is integrated in the accepted traditions and cultures. This article analyzes short stories of Danarto and a novel of Marquez. Both aouthors are selected as they represent pionneers of writing style of magical realism from two different cultures. Both authors express the same writing style, but their patterns of rhetoric differ. Danarto focuses on the magical realism of religion, sufism and Javanese cultures, combining magical realism with surealism styles. In addition, Marquez brings readers to the structure of Latin American society that produces unpredictable magical cultures.
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Asmida, Emi. "Magical Realism in Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife." Eralingua: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Asing dan Sastra 4, no. 1 (2020): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.26858/eralingua.v4i1.11891.
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This study aims to explore the five elements of magical realism which are portrayed in the novel The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger in order to find out whether the novel can be categorized as magical realism or not. The writer chooses this novel to be analyzed because the novel won the Exclusive Books Boeke Prize and a British Book Award and it has been adapted into a film. The data of this study are characters’ utterances and author narration which contain five elements of magical realism. The data is collected by applying the intensive reading and highlighting the data. This study uses magical realism theory, especially five elements of magical realism proposed by Wendy B. Faris. The results of the study show that The Time Traveler’s Wife contains five elements of Magical Realism. Those are Irreducible Element, Phenomenal World, Unsettling Doubt, Merging Realms, and Disruption of Time. However, the five elements described as the representation of the postcolonial context since magical realism also can be categorized as a way to reveal the authoritative colonialist attitude. Thus, this study found the cultural history of Chicago where the time traveler’s lives as the result of postcolonial side of magical realism.
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Vera C Debora and Susanne A.H. Sitohang. "Magical Realism in Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before The Coffee Gets Cold." Jurnal Onoma: Pendidikan, Bahasa, dan Sastra 9, no. 1 (2023): 581–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.30605/onoma.v9i1.2353.
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This study discusses magical realism in Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before The Coffee Gets Cold. The aims of this study are to find the characteristics of magical realism and to explain the significance of utilizing the magical realism portrayed in the novel. The method applied is descriptive qualitative by presenting dialogues and narration relating to the topics of this study. The results found are that there are five characteristics of magical realism in the novel; 1) the irreducible elements of magic, 2) the phenomenal world, 3) unsettling doubts, 4) merging realms, and 5) the disruption of time. It is also found that the time-travelling and the ghost presented in the novel are significant for utilizing magical realism to explore and understand reality from a different point of view as well as to criticize perceived, knowable reality.
 keywords: magical realism, ghost, Japan
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Chernyshova, Svitlana. "Elements of ontological magical realism in Ibi Zoboy's American Street." MESSENGER of Kyiv National Linguistic University. Series Philology 24, no. 2 (2022): 87–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.32589/2311-0821.2.2021.252115.
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The article explores the novel American Street by contemporary US writer of Haitian origin Ibi Zoboy from the perspective of using the technique of magical realism. The novel embraces magic, faith in spirits, otherworldly forces as well as strategies of realism. The narrative mode of magic realism dominates in postcolonial writings as well as in fictional works that describe migration experience. The development of magical realism in different national traditions caused its variety and diverse forms of expression. Therefore, in this paper, the term magic realism or marvelous realism is considered from different theoretical perspectives. The term and the phenomenon it denotes started its history from the Weimar Republic modernist movement when German art critic Franz Roh coined the term. Then, in 1955 the narrative mode of magic realism became popular in Latin America. Alejo Carpentier, Angel Flores underlined that it is different from its European counterpart as its main task is to express the unique and extraordinary reality of Latin America. They argued that magic and magical elements are derived from the 'supernatural' elements of 'local' or 'indigenous' myths, religions and cultures. Moreover, magical realism relies upon the presentation of the imagined or magical as if they were real.The article focuses on how these different definitions are related and discussed by various theoreticians. It is concluded that the most relevant is Echevarría’s typology. He differentiated two kinds of magical realism: the ontological and the epistemological. Ontological magical realism has as its material beliefs or practices from the cultural context in which the text is set.The author considers the notion of ontological magical realism to analyse Ibi Zoboy’s novel American Street, in which magical beliefs and rituals help the main character survive in a difficult situation. It is emphasized that the religious component is an important part of migration fictional discourse.
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Yasir, Hassan Hadi, and Hussein Shayyal Fnteel. "An investigation of the Use of Magical Realism in the Novels of Salman Rushdie and Gabriel Garcia Marquez." Journal of Asian Multicultural Research for Educational Study 4, no. 2 (2023): 16–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.47616/jamres.v4i2.418.
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This article investigates the use of magical realism in the novels of two iconic writers, Salman Rushdie and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Through literary analysis and critical review of their work, the study highlights the significant role of magical realism in contemporary literature, examining the unique stylistic features of Rushdie and Marquez's works. The study also emphasizes the differences and similarities between their approach to magical realism. Furthermore, the article suggests future research directions for exploring this fascinating and diverse topic, highlighting the need for more comparative studies on the use of magical realism in different cultural contexts. The impact of this technique on readers' perceptions of the world around them and the influence of technological advancements on the use of magical realism are among the topics suggested for further research. Overall, the article provides valuable insights into the ways in which magical realism continues to shape contemporary literature and the impact of this technique on the audience.
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Sueli, Meira Liebig (PPGLI/UEPB). "Teleportation in Beloved and Kindred: Magical Realism, Sacred Realism, or Black Enchantment?" International Journal of Business Management and Technology 7, no. 1 (2023): 44–52. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7687965.
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Speculative fiction has been a genre that is traditionally seen as a Western endeavor, reinforcing colonial ideas since its appearing. On the other hand, magical realism is a mode of writing commonly understood as subversive and decolonial. This study tries to understand the work of magical realism or even sacred realism within speculative fiction, especially as it relates to modes of decolonization. In a movement towards feminist decolonization, magical realism works through the speculative trope of physical transformation within Octavia Butler’s Kindred and Toni Morrison´s Beloved. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, magical realism works in these texts as a method of subverting the Western gaze and questioning assumptions pertaining to Western history and science. Notwithstanding, one particular trait of this analysis is the case of teletransportation in both novels by two African-American writers.Due to the specific writing of these women as Black writers, could one say that this supernatural phenomena occurs in both works as magical realism, sacred realism, or black enchantment?
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Dr. R. Hithayath Khan. "Magical Realism in Indian Literature." Tuijin Jishu/Journal of Propulsion Technology 44, no. 3 (2023): 1958–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.52783/tjjpt.v44.i3.625.
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Magic realism or magical realism is a genre where magical or unreal elements play a natural part in an otherwise realistic environment. Although it is most commonly used as a literary genre, magic realism also applies to film and the visual arts. An example of magic realism occurs when a character in the story continuous to be alive beyond the normal length of life and this is subtly depicted by the character being present throughout many generations. On the surface the story has no clear magical attributes and everything is conveyed in a real setting and breaks the rules of our real world. Magic realism is term used to describe the everyday reality with supernatural events. The two terms ‘magic’ and ‘realism’ have become to intertwined that strange, unearthly happenings become almost an accepted, even normal part of daily life. Magic realism considers being a postcolonial phenomenon. Magic realism is to be found only in the post colonial texts. The writers of colonized countries incorporate magic realism in their writings as a mode of resistance to western rationalism. There is no place for logic in magic realism. In countries like India, People believe in myths and ghosts as they believe in history. Magical things do not constitute the Indian culture. There is realism also. Diaspora writers’ characters make use of magic realism to escape to a world of fantasy for it provides them pleasure, relief, and an escape from the excruciating pain they experience in an alien land. The term magical realism was introduced by Franz Roh, a German art critic in 1952. When Roh coined the term the mean it to create an art category the strayed from the strict guidelines of realism, but the term did not name an artistic movement until the 1940s in Latin America and the Caribbean. Magic realism or Magical realism is a genre of 20th century English literature. This paper deals Magical Realism in Indian literature and its authors.
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Murtaza, Aemen, Mamona Yasmin Khan, and Masroor Sibtain. "Magical Realism: Portrayal of Human Suffering in The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender." Global Social Sciences Review VI, no. I (2021): 246–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(vi-i).24.
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Magical realism is a genre of literature where fantasy and magic are normalized in reality, and the real world has an undercurrent of magical elements going on. The research is based on the qualitative method within the framework of the theory of Magical Realism presented by Wendy B. Faris (2004). The study at hand explores different aspects of magical realism in the selected novel by analyzing major themes according to Faris's theory of Magical Realism. The research aims to show how the typical presences of people in the novel have been super naturalized through heavenly magical realist segments. Moreover, the significance of this study lies in the fact that it explored seemingly opposite phenomena of 'magic' and 'realism' and established a connection between them. The study seeks to find how each character of the novel The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake is enduring in their own particular manner, representing the suffering of individuals in the real world considering the situation after World Wars. This research will open the ways for future researchers to work in the direction of magical realism and enhance its scope in general.
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Prytoliuk, Svitlana. "Conceptual Dimensions of German Magical Realism." Pitannâ lìteraturoznavstva, no. 108 (December 29, 2023): 112–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.31861/pytlit2023.108.112.
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The article outlines the vectors of methodological research of magical realism and identifies the differential features of this literary phenomenon in the theoretical discourse of German literary criticism. The author of the article focuses on the ambivalence of German magical realism, caused by the combination in magical realist texts of two inherently opposite ways of depicting reality – realistic and irreal. In magical realist texts, the magical appeal of reality is emphasized, when the objects of reality only hint at the existence of another world beyond it, acquiring a numinous aureole in the aesthetic focus of realism. The specificity of magical realism lies in its heterogeneity, and therefore requires the appropriate selection of methodological tools that would open the way to the world of magical realist texts, which in many cases has a multi-level structure with polysemantic content. Special attention within the context of the conceptualization of magical realism is paid to the semiotic model of “double conditioning” by A. Koschorke and the concept of “ruderal space” by B. Schaefer. In conclusion, the author emphasizes that magical realism demonstrates the synergistic effect of the emergence of a certain new artistic space with hidden deep meanings and elliptical structures that form the semantic polyphony of the text with a variable multiplicity of meanings. Through liminality and transgression, the semantic potential of the magical is activated, aimed at overcoming the boundary between the immanent and transcendent worlds.
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Mordecai, Rachel L. "What Is Heritable: Power, Magic and Spirit in Marie-Elena John’s Unburnable." Humanities 14, no. 2 (2025): 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/h14020038.
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In Marie-Elena John’s 2006 novel Unburnable, Lillian Baptiste returns to Dominica from the United States intending to confront the secrets and traumas of her maternal family line. The novel structures Lillian’s developing apprehension of who her mother and grandmother were and what they endured in late-colonial Dominica around a series of revelations regarding each woman’s imbrication within the realm of the magico-spiritual, which includes magic, Obeah and their cognates; Catholicism; spells and curses; ghosts and other spirit manifestations; and extra-sensory perception. The reader comes to understand Lillian as (and sometimes before) Lillian comes to understand herself: the last in a line of magico-spiritually powerful women whose encounters with colonial catastrophe and its heteropatriarchal, racist–classist machinations are both figured through and navigated by way of that power. Where socioeconomic and political power may conventionally be regarded as the proper subject of realist fiction and social-science inquiry, and magico-spiritual power as within the ambit of magical-realist fiction and folklore studies, Unburnable proposes worldly and magico-spiritual power as inhabiting the same material, political and psycho-social plane of Caribbean reality: as mutually entangled, co-constituting, reciprocally illuminating and, above all, dually heritable forces. In this way, the novel issues an invitation to rethink questions of power in the shadow of the Caribbean plantation and consider anew the ways in which it is, on the one hand, hoarded, bequeathed and weaponized against the vulnerable and, on the other, fluid, arcane in its sources and workings, and susceptible to insurgent counter-deployments.
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Nurrahman, Sadam, and Mohamad Ikhwan Rosyidi. "Magical Realism as Historical Discourse Reflected on Eka Kurniawan's 'Beauty is A Wound'." Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Cultural Studies 9, no. 1 (2020): 87–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/rainbow.v9i1.37820.
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This study aims to uncover magical realism as historical discourse portrayed in the novel Beauty is A Wound by Eka Kurniawan. Descriptive qualitative method used in this study. The data were collected by reading, classifying and interpreting. The result is the novel Beauty is A Wound has five elements of magical realism as Faris stated, they are; irreducible elements, phenomenal world, the unsettling doubt, merging realms and disruptions of time, space and identity. In relation with magical realism, New Historicism also applied to unearth Indonesia historical discourse since the time of late Dutch colonization, the invasion of Japan, the Independence Era and the New Order Era. Then, the massacre of everyone who were labeled as communist. And the genocide of all the thugs or preman in order to make safer and better society. In this novel, the history of Indonesia was camouflaged and mixed with magical realism because every event that categorized as magical realism led to the past events which related to the history of Indonesia.
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Juwairina, Salsa Ismil, and Susi Ekalestari. "MAGICAL REALISM ELEMENTS IN DIANNA WYNNE JONES’ NOVEL HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE." JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE 6, no. 2 (2024): 409–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.30743/jol.v6i2.10018.
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This study offers an in-depth analysis of the elements of magical realism in Diana Wynne Jones' novel Howl's Moving Castle. The research focuses on specific instances of magical realism, examining their impact on character development, relationships, and personal growth throughout the narrative. Using Wendy B. Faris' theoretical framework of magical realism, this study aims to reveal how fantastical elements shape character interactions and influence readers’ perceptions of the genre’s unique attributes. A qualitative descriptive method is employed to identify three core elements of magical realism within Howl's Moving Castle: the irreducible element, the phenomenal world, and the disruption of time, space, and identity. These components are shown to significantly impact character dynamics and personal transformations, highlighting how magical realism blends reality with myth to explore complex human experiences and social themes. The findings provide valuable insights into the narrative techniques and thematic depth of the genre, enriching the understanding of magical realism’s role in literature.
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Nurhidayah, Sri, and Rahmat Setiawan. "Traversing Magical Realism in Postcolonial Literature." NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture 4, no. 1 (2022): 23–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.12928/notion.v4i1.5692.
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This article aims at traversing historical traces, concepts, and characteristics of magical realism and how it is pertinent in literary analysis. The pivot of the conceptual framework of this article in on Faris’ perspective on magical realism. The approach of this study is grounded theory. The data are quotations taken from referential books and journals. The techniques of data collection are documentation and quoting. The technique of analysis is thematic interpretation. This article figures out that magical realism deconstructs the status of magical and the real into a somersaulting realm. Western historical narrative establishes the real through rationality and alienates the magical which is identical to the East, the Other, or the indigenous. This rational narrative is propagandized and turns to be power relation. Therefore, magical realism, through some literary works, deconstructs the rational perspective with logical-magical narrative as one of postcolonial studies.
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Mulyani, Nurul Izza. "Magical Realism in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amèlie (2001)." LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies 11, no. 2 (2023): 21–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.26740/lk.v11i2.56378.
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Magical realism started to be loved in the field of movies. One of the movies that adopts magical realism elements is Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amélie. Amélie is a movie that tells the life story of a woman named Amélie Poulin who has lived in loneliness since she was a child until one day, she finds a childhood treasure box hidden behind the wall of her apartment which then takes her on an adventure that can change her life. Amélie’s life journey, which is filled with things beyond reason, makes the theory of magical realism by Wendy B. Faris that contains irreducible elements, phenomenal world, unsettling doubt, merging realism, and disruption of time, space, and identity is appropriate. In addition, this research will also analyze the relation of each magical realism in supporting the theme of the movie by using Maggie Ann Bowers theory. The result of this study reveal that magical realism in this movie is depicted through the imagination and unique traits of the characters and also through the events experienced by the characters. In addition, the magical realism elements in the movie used to elaborate the theme of the movie which is loneliness and the journey of happiness or self-discovery.
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Jaafar, Jihad. "Magical Realism in Garcia's "One Hundred Years of Solitude " as a Reflection of the Political Climate." International Journal of Language and Literary Studies 5, no. 1 (2023): 346–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1249.
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This article explores the use of magical realism in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's seminal novel, "One Hundred Years of Solitude," and its reflection on the political climate of Latin America during the time of its publication. Through an analysis of the novel's magical elements and their relation to historical events, the article argues that Marquez's use of magical realism is not merely a stylistic device, but rather a political statement on the social and political realities of Latin America. The article further examines the impact of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" on the literary and political landscape of Latin America, cementing Marquez's status as a leading figure of magical realism and a prominent voice for the region's cultural and political identity. Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is a masterpiece of magical realism, a literary style that blends the fantastical with the everyday. In this article, we explore how Garcia Marquez's use of magical realism reflects the political climate of Latin America during the time of its publication. The novel was first published in 1967, a time when many Latin American countries were experiencing political turmoil and upheaval. Through magical realism, Garcia Marquez is able to weave together a rich tapestry of history, mythology, and social commentary that speaks to the complex realities of life in Latin America. By examining the ways in which magical realism is used in "One Hundred Years of Solitude," we can gain a deeper understanding of the political, social, and cultural context in which it was written, and the enduring impact it has had on literature and culture around the world. This research explores the use of magical realism in Gabriel Garcia's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and its reflection on the political climate of Latin America. Through a literary analysis of the novel, the study examines the author's employment of magical realism as a literary technique to highlight the political turmoil and social upheaval prevalent in Latin America during the 20th century. The research also delves into the methodology employed by Garcia to weave together the mystical and the mundane in the narrative. The main results suggest that the author's use of magical realism in the novel enables him to provide a critique of the political systems in Latin America and to depict the region's unique cultural identity. The research concludes that Garcia's innovative use of magical realism in "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is a powerful tool for social commentary and reflects the complexities of Latin America's political and cultural landscape.
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Chokoeva, Dilbar. "SIGNS OF MAGICAL REALISM IN THE IMAGE OF THE OLD MAN ORGAN IN CH. AITMATOV'S STORY "PIEBALD DOG RUNNING ALONG THE EDGE OF THE SEA"." Alatoo Academic Studies 23, no. 3 (2023): 331–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.17015/aas.2023.233.33.
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Theme of the article: magical realism in Ch. Aitmatov's story "Piebald dog running along the edge of the sea". The purpose of the work: to study the signs of magical realism in the image of the protagonist of the story, the old man Organa. Research method: comparative literature. As a result: the image of the old Organ in the story of the writer Ch. Aitmatov is studied from the point of view of magical realism, evaluated individually and tries to prove that the writer's appeal to magical realism is not accidental. Relevance of the topic: The image of the old man is studied from the point of view of magical realism for the first time. The practical significance of scientific research is considered as the introduction of a new aspect into the process of integrating domestic literary criticism into the world literary criticism. It is necessary to study the method of magical realism in Kyrgyz fiction, because, although magic has always been an element of the content of national literature, it has not been specifically studied so far. The study was carried out to fill this gap.
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Allgood, Krista L., and Isabel Allende. "Eroticism and Magical Realism." English Journal 84, no. 4 (1995): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/819777.
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Cooke, Miriam. "Magical Realism in Libya." Journal of Arabic Literature 41, no. 1 (2010): 9–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006410x486701.
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Zorpette, Glenn. "Keya Banerjee Magical Realism." IEEE Spectrum 46, no. 2 (2009): 34–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mspec.2009.4772179.
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Gaylard, Gerald. "Meditations on magical realism." Current Writing 11, no. 2 (1999): 92–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1013929x.1999.9678065.
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REVUTSKA, Svitlana, and Hanna UDOVICHENKO. "SPIRITUALITY OF MAGICAL REALISM." Humanities science current issues 2, no. 58 (2022): 208–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.24919/2308-4863/58-2-29.
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Najmuldeen, Raqee. "MAGICAL REALISM IN ADVERTISING." International Design Journal 8, no. 2 (2018): 327–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/idj.2018.85980.
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Ishlahiyah, Hadiyatul, and Sufi Ikrima Sa'adah. "Magical Realism in Leslye Walton’s The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender." NOBEL: Journal of Literature and Language Teaching 9, no. 2 (2018): 73–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.15642/nobel.2018.9.2.73-87.
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This article focuses on the description of magical realism in Leslye Walton’s debut novel The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. This study applies Wendy B. Faris’ characteristic of magical realism in order to uncover the magical realism within the novel. The result of this study confirms that this novel portrays all of Faris’ characteristics of magical realism. They are: the irreducible elements represented by Ava’s wings, the phenomenal world seen through Ava’s normal life, the unsettling doubt coming from the doubts on Ava’s wings, the merging realms portrayed by the transformation and apparition, the disruptions of time and space through the existence of odd plant and seasons.
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Shahab, Ali, Faruk Faruk, and Arif Rokhman. "French Literature: From Realism to Magical Realism." Jurnal Poetika 8, no. 2 (2020): 170. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/poetika.v8i2.58651.
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The purpose of the article is to explore the evolution of French literature between the late 19th century and early 21st century. Although French literature has long been dominated by rationalistic ways of thinking, based on the thoughts of René Descartes and John Locke, authors have used different means to express their perceptions of society. The novel Madame Bovary (1856), including its depiction of conjugal relationships, can be considered to have pioneered realism in French literature. During the Second World War, existentialism and absurdism appeared as new ways of examining not only the relationship among humans, but also between humans and God. In the late 20th century, magical realism emerged as a new literary stream that explicitly recognized the irrationality of human thinking. This article finds that the rationality of realism was necessary for magical realism to be accepted; in this rationality, although works of magical realism were irrational, they had to be recognized as fine examples of French literature that embodied such revolutionary ideas as liberté (liberty), égalité (equality), and fraternité (fraternity). To study this phenomenon, we examine the history of french literature by applying archeological method in order to understand the world views of the authors and how they change over time.
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Miao, Xueyuan. "Research on Nobel Literature Prize winner Yan Mo’s Transformations of Writing Styles from the Perspective of Magical Realism." Advances in Social Science and Culture 6, no. 6 (2025): p80. https://doi.org/10.22158/assc.v6n6p80.
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Yan Mo, China’s first Nobel Prize winner for literature, has largely experienced two transformations of writing styles. However, magical realism has always been the main characteristics of his writing creation. During the first period ( between the year 1981 to the time he studied in PLA Academy of Arts) , he concentrated chiefly on his daily life in the army and his writing style was soft and fresh. Then using bold brushstrokes and unique perspectives, he turned to depict the colorful stories of numerous characters in his hometown with magical realism and rich imagination, leading him all the way to his winning of the Nobel Prize for literature in 2012. After experiencing about five years of creative silence, Yan Mo experienced another creative transformation from novels to dramas with the publication of the drama Crocodile as a representative. Dramas are significant components of Yan Mo’s literary works, but most people only attach great importance to Yan Mo’s researches on magical realism in his novels. Fewer people do researches about his dramas, with even fewer researchers making comparison between Yan Mo’s Transformation of Writing styles. So this article is to use the textual analysis to explore the factors that account for his use of magical realism in the two transformations and analyze the inheritances and developments in his writing Characteristics of magical realism in the two stages. In a word, there are four purposes for this paper : (1) to explore the development of magical realism in Yan Mo’s literary creation and the contributing factors. (2) to explore the transformations of magical realism before Yan Mo won the Nobel Prize for literature and its Unique characteristics. (3) to explore the differences of the use of magical Realism after he won the Noble Prize for literature in 2012. (4) to explore the reasons for Yan Mo’s transformation and conclude the research gap.
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Rogova, E. N., and L. S. Yanitskiy. "Traditions of Magical Realism in M. Shishkin's <i>Letter Book</i> and N. Abgaryan's <i>Simon</i>." SibScript 25, no. 1 (2023): 136–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.21603/sibscript-2023-25-1-136-146.
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The article describes the traditions of magical realism in M. Shishkin's Letter Book and N. Abgaryan's Simon. The research involved comparative, mytho-poetic, hermeneutic, formal, and structural methods. V. I. Tyupa's theory of artistic discourse and F. Schlegel's idea of irony served as the basic theory in identifying the motifs associated with magical realism and generated by the ironic type of artistic completion. The term of magical realism covers works that belong to very different literary movements. The authors used the ironic type of aesthetic completion to explain similar elements in different poetics of magical realism fiction. The traditions of magical realism in the twentieth-century fiction revealed the following features: an ironic type of artistic integrity; dual worlds and miracles; fantasy intertwined with reality; myths, traditions, and legends; archetypes (father, savior, eternal lover, etc.) and symbols (tree, sea, etc.); unmotivated fantasy; fantastical timeline with no clear boundaries between the past and the future; a highly rhythmical pattern, etc.
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Hudayat, Asep Yusup. "PEREMPUAN, ALAM, SILUMAN, DAN TABU DALAM NOVEL BURAK SILUMAN KARYA MOH. AMBRI: TINJAUAN REALISME MAGIS." Tsaqofah 19, no. 02 (2021): 91. http://dx.doi.org/10.32678/tsaqofah.v19i02.5482.
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Women, nature, ghost, and taboo are the main discourses related to magical realism in “Burak Siluman”, a novel by Moh. Ambri. In Burak Siluman, women (the main sign) were connected to the discourse of nature, ghost, and taboo. In it, women represent the suppressed desires of the lower class for wealth, position, honor wrapped in narratives of fascination, search, wandering, misfortune, and a curse. Discourses on the supernatural, half-ghost, and taboo legends in the novel are important traditional realities that are studied and seen by the workings of the concepts of magical realism in the colonial period of the Dutch East Indies. The main problem is: how does the concept of magical realism affect the construction of the world (physical and supernatural), especially related to ghost and taboo narratives in “Burak Siluman”. Thus, the main objective of this research is the interaction of the influence of magical realism on narratives construction related to women, nature, ghost, and taboo. To resolve the issue, the concept of contemporary magical realism is used from a postcolonial perspective. The results of this study is the placement of the "between" space (magic in rational) which is represented in the wandering figure is the core idea of magical realism in “Burak Siluman”.
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Minhas, Nabeel Ahmed, and Ghulam Murtaza. "Preservation of Native American Culture: An Analysis of Louise Erdrich’s Tracks." Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 10, no. 1 (2022): 191–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2022.1001.0186.
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This paper examines Louise Erdrich’s practice of promoting the oral tradition and magical realism as a way of preserving Native American culture in Tracks. She writes stories in the novel to assimilate Native American culture in modern times and this ultimately helps the Native traditions to find their way to modern readers. She represents magical elements in a realistic manner totally opposed to western concepts of magical realism. This study argues that Erdrich uses stories and magical realism as a tool to not only promote Native American culture but also preserve it. It is qualitative research and Gerald Vizenor’s Theory of Resistance and Survivance has been used to analyze the text. The textual analysis reveals that oral tradition and magical realism have deep roots in Native American culture and Erdrich uses them to promote as well as preserve this culture.
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Dhiya Ulhaq, Salma. "REALISME MAGIS SEBAGAI REPRESENTASI KRITIK KEADAAN DALAM MANUSIA KELELAWAR KARYA DAMHURI MUHAMMAD." Jurnal Ilmiah SEMANTIKA 5, no. 01 (2023): 49–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.46772/semantika.v5i01.1170.
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Indonesian people are one of many eastern countries that still believe in the tradition of honoring their ancestors, therefore people still believe in mystical things. This has led some writers to use people's 'trust' in mysticism in their literary works. This article provides insight into how Wendy B. Faris' magical realism theory can be applied in the analysis of fictional stories. by analyzing magical realism in the selected short story by Kompas, “Bat Man” Damhuri Muhammad in 2022, through magical realism elements; (a) irreducible elements; (b) world phenomenal; (c) dimensions of the amalgamation; (d) unsetting doubts; and (e) disruption of time, space and identity in short stories. The five seek to establish a connection between real and magical life through the boundaries between the elements that have been broken. The use of this theory helps broaden the understanding of magical realism as a literary approach that allows social criticism through magical representations of complex social situations. The results of the study found that the 'bat man' who died horribly in this story represents the situation towards the hunting of bats that caused the spread of the virus, showing the arrogance of humans who seem to be brutal towards other living things. Keywords: Critique of Circumstances; Bat-Man; Magical Realism; Wendy B. Farris
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Rahayu, Anik Cahyaning, Sudarwati Sudarwati, and Susie Chrismalia Garnida. "Magical Phenomena in Reality in Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief." Seltics Journal: Scope of English Language Teaching Literature and Linguistics 7, no. 1 (2024): 109–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.46918/seltics.v7i1.2198.
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This research examines the elements of magical realism, using descriptive qualitative method, a literary genre depicting magic in the modern world, in Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief." Applying Wendy B. Faris' theory of magical realism's five characteristics: the irreducible element, the phenomenal world, unsettling doubts, merging realism, and disruption of time/space/identity. The research identifies these aspects in the novel. The analysis reveals the novel contains irreducible magical elements like worlds, characters, and objects, exemplified by Percy's encounter with the shape-shifting monster Erinyes disguised as his teacher. The phenomenal world encompasses magical places and beings. Unsettling doubts arise from Percy directly addressing the reader about his experiences. Merging realism intertwines the magical realm rooted in myths with the tangible world, as monsters and gods frequently intermingle with reality. Disruption of time manifests when Percy experiences slowed time at the Lotus Hotel during his quest. The study concludes that "The Lightning Thief" exhibits all five characteristics of magical realism by integrating mythological magic into the contemporary setting. Irreducible magical elements, a phenomenal, magical world, narrator-induced unsettling doubts, the merging of mythical and real realms, and space-time distortions collectively categorize the novel as an exemplar of magical realist fiction.
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Khan, Scheherazade. "Intersectional Magical Realism: Articulating Suppressed and Ignored Realities." Postcolonial Interventions: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Postcolonial Studies ISSN 2455 6564 Vol. VI, Issue 2 (July 15, 2021): 133–65. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5105168.
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This paper seeks to demonstrate the potential to describe complex realities by developing our reading of traditional forms of literary genres, such as magical realism, to coincide with developments of identity politics. Moreover, ignored and suppressed voices cannot be acknowledged solely with a subscription to literary realism without recognising its complicity in the suppression of marginalised and intersectional voices. Hence, magic, which inherently defies the rules of realism, can reveal the fiction of dominant discourse and construct accurate narratives of complex intersectional narratives. In establishing the term ‘intersectional magical realism’ this paper explores how magical realist fiction that uses magic in a world rooted in realism to present an opportunity for unspecified intersectional identities to be explored without disbelief and/or resistance. I examine Toni Morrison’s Beloved to emphasise how magical realism sets up the environment in which nuanced conceptualisations of gender, race, sexuality, class and identity can be imagined and represented.
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Lubarsky, R. V. "ELEMENTS OF «MAGICAL REALISM» IN KIRA YARMYSH's PRISON PROSE." Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series History and Philology 32, no. 3 (2022): 608–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.35634/2412-9534-2022-32-3-608-614.
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Kira Yarmysh's novel «Incredible incidents in women's cell No. 3» is a prison prose, which traces the traditions of depicting the prison life of heroes in the camp prose of A.I. Solzhenitsyn. However, there are also elements of "magical realism" in her work. The relevance of the study of this problem is determined by the fact that the prison prose of K.Yarmysh is characterized by a new approach to depicting the realistic world in modern literature, including through elements of «magical realism». The reflection of elements of "magical realism" in Kira Yarmysh's novel «Incredible incidents in women's cell No. 3» is one of the most pressing problems in modern literature. The article shows the main ways of manifestation of the «unreal» in the work in the context of «mystical realism». The essence of the consistency of magical elements in relation to the real picture of the world of Kira Yarmysh is considered. The open ending is analyzed as an element of «mystical realism» in the novel Yarmysh. The essence of mystical visions and mythological references as an integral component of the author's «mystical realism» is investigated. It is concluded that the main character Kira Yarmysh accepts the «unreal», which is one of the elements of «magical realism».
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Andalas, Maharani Intan. "NARASI REALISME MAGIS DALAM PUISI “GONG” KARYA NIRWAN DEWANTO." GENTA BAHTERA: Jurnal Ilmiah Kebahasaan dan Kesastraan 3, no. 2 (2017): 147–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.47269/gb.v3i2.12.
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AbstrakPengaruh kesusastraan global berupa realisme magis ditemukan dalam sastra Indonesia, baik dalam prosa maupun puisi. Salah satu indikasi karya realisme magis adalah dihadirkannya mitos dalam konteks masa kini. Masalah yang dibahas dalam penelitian ini adalah bagaimana yang magis dan yang nyata dinarasikan berdasarkan elemen-elemen yang menjadi karakteristik realisme magis dalam puisi “Gong” serta hubungan antarelemen dan kadar realisme magis di dalamnya. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori naratif realisme magis Wendy B. Faris. Metode penelitian didasarkan pada teori berupa penentuan data dan pengumpulan data yang meliputi klasifikasi data menjadi dua kategori utama, yaitu data magis dan data riil. Dalam hasil dan pembahasan, dibuktikan bahwa puisi “Gong” mengandung narasi realisme magis atas mitos Calon Arang melalui lima karakteristik realisme magis yang terdapat di dalamnya. Selain itu, terdapat hubungan relasional di antara elemen yang menjadi karakteristik tersebut. Kadar realisme magis dilihat dari tokoh dan peristiwa dapat dikatakan cukup kuat. Puisi ini menggarisbawahi isu perempuan dan akhir patriaki. Isu tersebut berkait dengan konteks posmodernisme. Penggunaan mitos dalam puisi memperlihatkan cara pandang posmodernisme yang tidak terlepas dari Jakarta sebagai konteks sosial penyair. Kata kunci: mitos, narasi, realisme, magis, karakteristik AbstractThe impact of global literature of magical realism is found in Indonesia literature in both prose and poetry. One indication of the work of magical realism is the representation of myth in the contemporary context. The problem discussed in this research are the narration of the magic and the real in Gong poem and the connection between elements, also the level of magical realism in it. This research used narrative theory of magical realism by Wendy B Faris. This research method was based on magical realism theory in the form of data determination and data collection which included the classification into two categories namely magical data and real data. In result and discussion proved that Gong poem contained a narrative of magical realism upon Calon Arang myth through five characteristic of magical realism in it beside the relation among the elements. Magical realism level seen from character and events was strong enough. This poem underlines the issues of women and the end of patriarchy. The issues are related with postmodernism context. The myths in poem shows postmodernism point of view that can’t be separate from Jakarta as social context. Keywords: myth, narrative, magical, realism, characteristic
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Tahir, Ferdian, and Nurlailatul Qadriani. "DIMENSI REALISME MAGIS DALAM NOVEL DAMAR KAMBANG KARYA MUNA MASYARI." Seshiski: Southeast Journal of Language and Literary Studies 4, no. 2 (2024): 109–25. https://doi.org/10.53922/seshiski.v4i2.74.
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This research aims to describe the magical realism narrative in the novel Damar Kambang by Muna Masyari. The author uses magical realism studies according to Wendy B. Faris, which include irreducible elements, the phenomenal world, disturbing doubts, merging of nature, and disturbances in time, space, and identity. This research uses a library method with a qualitative descriptive approach. The research results show that there are four characteristics of magical realism in Damar Kambang's novels, namely irreducible elements consisting of magical objects, magical time, magical sounds, magical characters, magical events, and beliefs or myths. Next there is the phenomenal world, which is divided into objects, times, places, characters, and events. There are also disturbing doubts about objects and events. Lastly, there is a combination of nature, consisting of objects and events. Overall, this research shows that the Damar Kambang novel, which uses Wendy B. Faris' magical realism study, tends towards magical or mystical elements that most people believe. This can be seen from the presence of magical objects, sounds, figures, and events, such as japa water, which is believed to cure disease, water used to soak in used Kolor, which can affect cows, the sound of people calling without physical form, shamans who have the power to influence humans and supernatural practices. The situation where the supranatural is real encourages the emergence of beliefs or myths, which become the main theme in the novel Damar Kambang.
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Widyawati, Putri Nur Lailia. "Magical Realism in C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader." LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies 10, no. 1 (2022): 18–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.26740/lk.v10i1.48175.
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the fifth volume of C.S. Lewis's novel The Chronicles of Narnia. In this volume, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie were unexpectedly attracted to the land of Narnia by painting a ship on the wall of their chamber with their unpleasant cousin Eustace. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was chosen as the subject of this research because it depicts characters caught between the mythical and actual worlds. Which element of the magical Realism of the Narnia story? Furthermore, how are the characteristics of magical Realism expressed? Are the question to be solved in this study. This study is a descriptive qualitative study. This research uses the novel The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis as a data source. The story is read using magical Realism by paying attention to e-books, e-journals, periodicals, articles, and other online resources relevant to Magical Realism. The result of this study indicates that the novel can identify all elements of Wendy B. Farris' magical Realism, including irreducible elements, a phenomenal world, unsettling doubts, merging realms, and disruption of time. This work's view of supernatural events demonstrates the representation of magical Realism—the fusion of natural phenomena with magic to persuade that the story is true.
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Handayani, Triafedi, and Onok Yayang Pamungkas. "Mirror of Self and the World: Magical Realism and Power Dynamics in Indonesia Literature." East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature 7, no. 08 (2024): 249–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i08.003.
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Magical realism in literary art is often only understood in a limited way as an aesthetic element, without taking into account the depth of the symbolic meaning contained in it. In addition, the merger between magical elements and everyday reality is often not fully explored, so the potential for the narrative that can be generated is lost. This research aims to analyze the use of elements of magical realism in contemporary literary art and uncover how these elements enrich literary narratives. This research uses hermeneutic methods to explore the symbolic meanings hidden behind magical elements in literary artworks. Through a hermeneutic approach, the selected works of art are deeply analyzed through literary description, contextual interpretation, and critical reflection, with a focus on how these magical elements are integrated into literary narratives. The results show that the elements of magical realism not only enrich literary narratives, but also create a deeper and more complex experience for the audience, by blurring the boundaries between reality and fantasy. The implication of this study is that magical realism can be used effectively in contemporary literary art to create narratives that are not only aesthetically beautiful but also rich in philosophical and symbolic meaning.