Magical Realism and the Fantastic - Resolved Versus Unresolved Antinomy

List of contents

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.

About the author

Amaryll Beatrice Chanady

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Amaryll Beatrice Chanady
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780367334260
• ISBN: 978-0-367-33426-0
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Modern Fiction
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general