The Fantastic Corey Odell. What is the Fantastic? Tzvetan Torodov wrote The Fantastic Very similar to Magical Realism Sometimes confused with Grotesque.

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The Fantastic Corey Odell

What is the Fantastic? Tzvetan Torodov wrote The Fantastic Very similar to Magical Realism Sometimes confused with Grotesque and Supernatural fiction

What is the Fantastic? “The Fantastic is that hesitation experienced by a person who knows only the laws of nature, confronting an apparently supernatural event” Something is not quite right. Could be explained by natural or supernatural causes Both reader and character are caught in indecision Caught between uncanny and marvelous- not quite either

Predecessors to the Fantastic Gothic Fiction (1772) Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw Toni Morrison’s Beloved

Fantastic Writers Edgar Allen Poe Jorge Luis Borges María Luisa Bombal Julio Cortázar Silvia O’Campo Gabriel García Márquez Mikhail Bulgakov Jan Potocki’s Saragossa Manuscript

Fantastic Artists Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo Armando Morales Armando Morales Fernando Botero

Bibliography "Fantastic." Wikipedia. 5 Feb Feb Franco, Jean. An Introduction to Spanish-American Literature. 3rd ed. New York: Cambridge UP, “Latin American Fantastic Art.” 6 Feb Niel Cornwell. “Fantastic, The (1772).” 6 Feb Todorov, Tzvetan. The Fantastic. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University,

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