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It frames myths, supernatural beliefs, and irrational life dimensions within highly detailed realistic settings, without presenting “magic” as something extraordinary. The approach emphasizes realistic narration, authorial reticence, and a real-world environment where characters accept the marvellous as normal, while time may be distorted. It often carries implicit political critique and differs from marvellous reality (lo real maravilloso).","MAGIC REALISM / MARVELLOUS REALITY  \nMagic Realism is a literary movement born in Latin America in 20th century that portrays magical or unreal elements as a natural part in an otherwise realistic or mundane environment , that is, myths are respectfully inserted in a realist context as well as supernatural, mythical elements and popular beliefs. It is not “magic as a real thing” but“reality as magic”. Ángel Flores does not deny that magical realism is an international commodity but articulates that it has a Hispanic birthplace, writing that, \"Magical realism is a continuation of the romantic realist tradition of Spanish language literature and its European counterparts”.  \nThe terms are broadly descriptive rather than critically rigorous. Matthew Strecher defines Magic Realism as \"what happens when a highly detailed, realistic setting is invaded by something too strange to believe. As a literary movement, Magic Realism embraces this irrational dimension of life. However, many writers are categorized as\"magical realists,\" which confuses what the term really means and how wide its definition is. Magical realism is often associated with Latin American Literature mainly authors such as Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende.  \nHistory  \nThe German critic Franz Roh used this term for first time in 1925 to refer a peculiar style in paintings like those which belong to American painters Paul Cadmus, Ivan Albright and George Tooker during the 1940s and 1950s.  \nOn the contrary of the literature , Visual Arts refer to real elements, no magical ones. They are sometimes mundane. Ángel Flores was the first one in naming Magic Realism to that rich literary Latin style. However, at the end of the 60s, this term included writers of other continents. In the same way, Magic Realism became more and more popular to the point that Vanguardism hardly was priority because Magic Realism removes cultural differences using a global and standard interpretation of what human beings are able to. Thus, in Postmodernist period Magic Realism grew up in Latin America during the 1960sand 1970s due to two factors: differences between Technological culture and Culture based on susperstitions. Besides, Latin American dictatorships helped it because of the use of words as tools of denounce.  \nCharacteristics/ Features:  \n1. Fantastic elements: Magical realism portrays fantastical events in an, otherwise, realistic tone. Thus, Magic elements can be foreseen but not explained. Features that come from magic: clarividence, levitation, long lives like those of the Bible, miracles, no- real and exaggerated deceases , faith; and from reality: narration as it would be realistic and magic things are added as non-relevant elements in the plot.  \n2. Real-world setting: The existence of fantasy elements in the real world provides the basis for magical realism. Writers don't invent new worlds but reveal the magical in this world. So, characters think that magic elements are common in life/reality and they can revive. Scenery is mostly American.  \n3. Authorial reticence: The narrator is indifferent (there are many narrators in first, second or third voices) . The story proceeds with \"logical precision\" as if nothing extraordinary took place. Magical events are presented as ordinary occurrences; therefore, the reader accepts the marvellous as normal and common.  \n4. Themes: a wide variety depending on historical periods, racially mixed culture/ethnicities and pre-Hispanic mythological elements. In the essay \"The Baroque and the Marvellous Real\", the writer Alejo Carpentier defined the baroque as a lack of emptiness, a departure from structure or rules, and an \"extraordinary\"abundance (plenitude) of disorienting detail (Marvellous: not meaning beautiful and pleasant, but extraordinary, strange, and excellent.  \n5. Hybridity: Real narration is mixed with fantastic and imaginary elements in order to exaggerate their evident difference; a tendency of merging the real and the fan","cbCaigDCUUAyurmS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigDCUUAyurmS","pdf",318415,3,1,4,"English","en",105,"# History\n# Characteristics and Features\n## Fantastic elements\n## Real-world setting\n## Authorial reticence\n## Themes\n## Hybridity\n## Time distortion\n## Myth incorporation and mystery\n## Political critique\n# Magic Realism versus Marvellous Reality\n## Definitions of lo real maravilloso","[{\"question\":\"Where did Magic Realism originate and what is its core idea?\",\"answer\":\"Magic Realism was born in Latin America in the 20th century and portrays magical or unreal elements as a natural part of an otherwise realistic or mundane environment. 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