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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Magic realism"”.
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Magic realism in music : Four electroacoustic compositions
… a new idea to provide a wider context: Magic Realism in music. I have developed the notion that there is a musical equivalent to Magic Realism in literature, and that my work, as well as the work of other Latin American composers, may be seen in this light. Also in this chapter, I put …
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Garciá Márquez, magic realism and language as material practice
… of the shifts in definition of the term, "magic realism". Magic realism as it was originally employed in the Latin-American context signified a concept different to what it is currently held to suggest in metropolitan literary discourse. Magic realism in the first world has come to be …
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Canadian magic : a study of myths in English-Canadian and Québec magic realism
Le "magic realism" existe depuis plusieurs années, mais les critiques littéraires semblent l'avoir ignoré. Seulement quelques personnes, surtout dans l'ouest canadien, semblent croire qu'il a une valeur. Même si ce genre littéraire est présent dans la littérature québécoise le seul terme français …
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Alejo Carpentier, Gabriel García Márquez, Salman Rushdie : three moments in the problematics of magic realism
Chapter One begins by outlining the space magic occupies in Western culture, clarifying what I mean by the term "magic". I examine aspects of indigenous American sacred traditions which have influenced and which prefigure magic realism. I review the development of the aesthetic in its Latin …
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Jurgio Kunčino romanas „Tūla“: postmodernizmo link /
… inducements. “Tūla” is not a work of pure magic realism since the character does not accept the reality but he escapes it drinking alcohol, seeing himself as a bat. The fact that the motive of the bat is introduced can remind of the confusion of fantasy and reality on which magic realism is …
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The conjured drawings of Carlo Scarpa: a magic-real inquiry into architectural representation
… Italy. Informed by the literary practice of magic-realism and Massimo Bontempelli's thoughts on the ontology of the real, it projects Scarpa's drawing practices into larger questions of theory that parallel and intersect Giambattista Vico's philosophy of knowledge as making. Architectural …
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Juozo Glinskio drama: tarp realizmo ir modernizmo /
… according to aesthetic principles of the realism and the modernism. The development of the research of this direction was encouraged by the way how plays of this dramartugist are still often analized - though the basis of one also of another theory- where the realism and the modernism are …
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Shrap[no]babble
… exploring the sub-genres of science fiction and magic realism, while also delving into hope-punk, urban fantasy, and post-apocalyptic fiction. Character-driven narratives are at the heart of these tales, which are crafted with lyrical, literary prose to create an engaging reading experience. By …
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How Far Does the Grid Go?
… history, science, archeology, philosophy, and magic realism. My artwork invites viewers to reach interpretations based on their own associations, experiences, and feelings. It thus brings attention to the power of our imagination to infuse the material world, particularly nature, with fluid …
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Roberto Arlt : translation and the construction of genre
… with the popular and a trenchant social realism fused with fantasy; his oeuvre is considered to have paved the way for later Latin American magic realism. Though distinguished names such as Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortazar praised his work, still, Arlt has long been considered by …
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Electricity and Other Dreams
… they have. This is a collection of fairy tales, magic realism, surrealism, and other kinds of wonder. In one, a man lives in beer cans until a little girl steals them to recycle. In another, a contractor in the Middle East finds a magical stone that makes him bulletproof, but he dies because he …
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River's edge (a young adult novel) : an investigation of youth suicide and its relationship to the struggle for the meaning of human existence
… tone. Second, to explore the technique of ''magic realism' which David Lodge defines as 'when marvellous and impossible events occur in what otherwise purports to be a realistic narrative.' Due to the method of analysis and the interactive nature of a novel, conclusions were not cut and …
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Blurring the lines : postmodernism and the use of tradition in the works of Yu Hua
… different modes of perception and description, magic realism, novel and incongruous metaphors, and ambiguous and contradictory narratives is examined in detail. Finally, 'The Affairs of the World Are Like Smoke" [Shishi ru yan], "Fresh Blood Plum Blossoms" [Xianxuemeihua], and "Classical Love" …
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Urban Plateaus: Alienation, Disappearance, and the Random Encounter in Post-1945 Literature and Film
… of events—tinged with the tropes of magic realism—their friends’ disappearances become metaphors for their respective cities: Lila as the unassailable porous spirit of a violent male- and mafia-dominated Naples, and Hae-mi as the signifier of Seoul’s rapid urbanization tied to the …
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Rhaptein/Aidein
… elements of free/form, within/without, and magic/realism. The sliding scales of these foundations can produce myriad manifestations. </p>
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La soledad en Clen anos de soledad de Gabriel Garcia Marquez
… boom) and examines the particular style (magic realism) that formed part of this era. Thereafter, a short biographic overview of the author is provided, with emphasis on his early childhood and the history of his time, these aspects having influenced his work profoundly. Finally, attention …
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Hidden Weather and Other Stories
… make use of various devices and tropes of the magic realist tradition. It’s important to note that all of my stories express an attitude toward reality that is in keeping with Magical Realism: the attitude that reality contains elements of magic—and that this is not really remarkable or odd. …
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