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Before the mid-20th century, Latin American novelists largely remained unnoticed beyond their borders. However, by 1970, a remarkable surge in creativity, known as El Boom, positioned Latin America as a major hub of modern fiction. Influenced by global literary movements, writers began to adopt a relaxed formal style, utilizing common speech, varied tones, and playful language. Characterization evolved into complex, multilayered portrayals, often incorporating fractured timelines and fantastical elements. Alejo Carpentier's term, Magic Realism, encapsulates this blending of the extraordinary with the everyday.
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El Boom • Before the middle of the 20th century, novelists’ works often did not find impact beyond their individual nations. • By 1970 an explosion of creativity transformed Latin America into one of the centers of modern world fiction. Writers from Latin America had been influenced by modern writers from America, Britain and Europe . • The formal style was relaxed to incorporate common speech, shifts in tone, and extravagant word play. • Characterization became complex and multilayered. • Writers incorporated fractured time sequences and fantastic events
Source: • Glau, Gregory R., Barry M. Maid, and Duane Roen. The McGraw-Hill Guide Writing for College, Writing for Life. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010.
Magic Realism • A term coined by the Cuban novelist AlejoCarpentier to describe the matter of fact combination of the fantastic and everyday in Latin American fiction. The term applies to the tendency among contemporary fiction writers to mix the magical and the mundane in an overall context of realistic narration.
