1. Magic Realism English IV ● Pilgreen

4. Distinguishing Features Gives the reader a sense of being inside a puzzle or maze Contains contradictions, inconsistencies & ambiguities A metamorphosis takes place, but it’s treated as ordinary by the characters Similar to oral tradition: fables, myths, tall tales, urban legends

5. Distinguishing Features Magical elements may enhance a subversive message or personalized point of view; not mainstream perspectives Magic occurs without using devices typical to fantasy (ghosts, angels) unless these creatures are treated as common & ordinary

6. Gabriel Garcia Marquez “Father of Magic Realism” Columbian writer, journalist & publicist Won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 One Hundred Years of Solitude Love in the Time of Cholera

7. Sources References: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/magic+realism http://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/resourcebank/definitions/ http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/ncw/marquez.htm http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Magical-Realism-How-to-Read-It http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Magical-Realism-In-a-Nutshell http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Magical-Realism-Distinguishing-Features Image: http://sapergalleries.com/Gonsalves_BedtimeAviation.jpg