Magical Realism and the Fantastic: Resolved Versus Unresolved Antinomy

ISBN-13: 9780367334260 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 194 str.

Amaryll Beatrice Chanady

Opis

In this study, originally published in 1985, the author clarifies the concepts of magical realism and the fantastic, and establishes a series of guidelines that will allow us to distinguish between the two similar yet independent modes.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: The Problem of Definition  1. The Fantastic  2. Magical Realism  Part 2: The Natural versus The Supernatural  1. The Role of the Implied Reader, Narrator, Focalizer and Implied Author  2. The Natural and Supernatural in Magical Realism  3. The Natural and Supernatural in Fantastic  Part 3: Two Types of Antinomy  1. The Fantastic  2. Magical Realism  Part 4: Authorial Reticence  1. The Fantastic  2. Magical Realism.  Conclusion.  Notes.  Bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

Amaryll Beatrice Chanady