Exploring Magic Realism in Salman Rushdie's Fiction

ISBN-13: 9780415897785 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 250 str.

Ursula Kluwick

Opis

Kluwick considers the significance of magic realism in Salman Rushdie's fiction. She argues that it is disharmony, rather than harmony, that is decisive: that the incompatibility of the realist and the supernatural needs to be recognized as a driving force in magic realism.

Spis treści

1. Defining Magic Realism: Historical and Theoretical Foundations, 2. Making Magic Realistic: The Realist Code, 3. Making Realism Magic: The Supernatural Code, 4. Verbal Magic: The Poetics of Ambivalence, 5. Of Beasts and Houris: Rushdie’s Magic Realist Characters, 6. Juicy Mangos, Sexy Spices: Magic Realism and the Strategies of Exoticist Discourse, 7. Magic Realism and the Politics of Ambivalence, 8. Conclusion – A New Trend?

O autorze

Ursula Kluwick is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bern, Switzerland.