1. Magical Realism What is it and how to identify it

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7. First, What is Realism? • Renders reality closely and in comprehensive detail. • Character is more important than action and plot; complex ethical choices are often the subject. • Events will usually be plausible. • Diction is natural vernacular. The everyday or common language of a geographic area http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/realism.htm

8. Next, What is Fantasy? • It often takes place, at least in part, in an imaginary world, like Harry Potter or The Chronicles of Narnia. • The world, and sometimes the characters, do not conform to the rules of our physical world. • While not always, Fantasy is typically a form of escapist fiction, where the pleasure of reading is the primary reason for doing do.

9. What is Magical Realism? • Magical Realism always has a purpose beyond the pleasure of reading. • The author’s use of fantastic elements is part of that purpose.

10. What is Magical Realism? Magic Realism Natural Can be explained Known Objective • Supernatural • Unexplainable • Unknown • Subjective

11. What is Magical Realism? Subjective Objective (of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts: Historians try to be objective and impartial. not dependent on the mind for existence; actual: a matter of objective fact. • based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions: • His views are highly subjective | there is always the danger of making a subjective judgement. • dependent on the mind or on an individual's perception for its existence. www.oxfordreference.com

12. What is Magical Realism? Fantasy Magical Realism Magical realism leaves you with the understanding that this world of witches is one that people really live in and the feeling that maybe this view is correct. • A fantasy about southwestern Indian witches allows you to put down the book with perhaps a little shiver but reassurance that what you just read is made up. (Rogers, 2002)

13. Elements of Magical Realism • Time is not always linear. Past, present and future events are sometimes presented out of order. • Cause and effect are subjective. • The magical/miraculous and the ordinary are treaded in the same way, as a matter of fact.

14. Magical Realism • As a tool, magical realism can be used to explore the realities of characters or communities who are outside of the objective mainstream of our culture. (Rogers, 2002)

15. What Does Magical Realism Look Like?

16. What Does Magical Realism Look Like?

17. What Does Magical Realism Look Like? • In the film August Rush, Music = Fairy Tales = Magic

18. What Does Magical Realism Look Like?

19. What is Magical Realism? Magic Realism Natural Can be explained Known Objective • Supernatural • Unexplainable • Unknown • Subjective

20. Works Cited Rogers, B. H. (2002). What is Magical Realism, Really? Retrieved March 14, 2012, from Writing-World: http://www.writing-world.com/sf/realism.shtml