Directory of Magical Realism Resources

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Though it traces its lineage back to Kafka, magical realism really arose as a school of literature in Latin America in the 1960's and became an influential movement worldwide.

Subcategories

• Allende, Isabel
• Asturias, Miguel Angel
• Bontempelli, Massimo
• Calvino, Italo
• Carey, Peter
• Carter, Angela
• Esquivel, Laura
• Fuentes, Carlos
• Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
• Kundera, Milan
• Latin American
• Rulfo, Juan
• Rushdie, Salman

Resources in This Category

• Magic Realism

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_realism
  Article on the history and philosophy of the modern literary school.

• Magical Realism

  http://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/magicalrealism/
  History, background, and texts for a class in South American, North American, and Eastern European magical realism.

• Magical Realism

  https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/postcolonialstudies/2014/06/21/magical-realism/
  Contains an overview of the style written by Lindsay Moore, and related links.

• Magical Realism on the Web

  http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/margin/links.html
  Directory to Latin American, Native American, and international magical realist authors.

• What Is Magical Realism, Really?

  http://www.writing-world.com/sf/realism.shtml
  Article by Bruce Holland Rogers on the elusive definition of the term.

Related Categories

• Home > Arts > Literature > Genres > Fantasy
• Home > Arts > Literature > Periods and Movements > Surrealism

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