1. Magic Realism Kristina Klein Kelly Terrell Kristina Klein Kelly Terrell

2. What is Magic Realism?  Combines a realistic portrayal of life with fantastic elements

3. More Elements of Magic Realism  Fantastic elements are never explained  Characters never question the fantastic element  Causation  Distorts time; often cyclical  Union of opposites (life and death, etc.)  Irony and paradox  Fantastic elements are never explained  Characters never question the fantastic element  Causation  Distorts time; often cyclical  Union of opposites (life and death, etc.)  Irony and paradox

4. History  Term first used by Franz Roh (1920s)  Borges’ History of Evil (1935) considered first example of Magic Realism by some  Break from Realism: rejection of old forms of literature  Become popular in 1960s and 70s  Term first used by Franz Roh (1920s)  Borges’ History of Evil (1935) considered first example of Magic Realism by some  Break from Realism: rejection of old forms of literature  Become popular in 1960s and 70s

5. Art  Magic realism used to describe American painting  1920s-50s  Extremely realistic, unlike the literature of magic realism  Magic realism used to describe American painting  1920s-50s  Extremely realistic, unlike the literature of magic realism

6. Film  Being John Malkovich  Big Fish  Donnie Darko  Edward Scissorhands  Field of Dreams  Harvey  What Dreams May Come  Being John Malkovich  Big Fish  Donnie Darko  Edward Scissorhands  Field of Dreams  Harvey  What Dreams May Come

7. Latin American Authors  Jorge Louis Borges  Isabel Allende  Juan Rulfo  Gabriel García Márquez  Julio Cortázar  Jorge Louis Borges  Isabel Allende  Juan Rulfo  Gabriel García Márquez  Julio Cortázar

8. Gabriel García Márquez  One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967)- most widely read example of magic realism  Grotesque carnival  Paradoxical bodily disgust and celebration  Ironic distance  One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967)- most widely read example of magic realism  Grotesque carnival  Paradoxical bodily disgust and celebration  Ironic distance

9. Bibliography  http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/M agicalRealism.html http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/M agicalRealism.html  http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/ magic-realism.html http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/ magic-realism.html  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_reali sm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_reali sm  http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/M agicalRealism.html http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/M agicalRealism.html  http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/ magic-realism.html http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/ magic-realism.html  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_reali sm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_reali sm