Magical realism and the postcolonial novel : between faith and irreverence /

Magical Realism and the Postcolonial Novel: Between Faith and Irreverence reinterprets the origins and nature of one of the most recognisable and important genres of twentieth century literature. Warnes locates the origins of the term in the work of Novalis, and examines its relations with romantici...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Warnes, Christopher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2009.
Temas:
Magic realism (Literature)
Réalisme magique (Littérature)
Literary essays.
Literary theory.
Literary studies: from c 1900 -.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Literature.
Realismo mágico (Literatura)
Postkoloniale Literatur
Magischer Realismus > Literatur
Roman
Magisch realisme.
Romans.
Postkolonialisme.
Romantiek.
post-colonialisme > réalisme magique > roman (genre littéraire) > 20e s. (2e moitié)
Magischer Realismus <Literatur>
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: re-thinking magical realism
  • 2. Magical realism as postcolonial romance
  • 3. Faith, idealism, and irreverence in Asturias, Borges, and Carpentier
  • 4. Magical realism and defamiliarisation in Gabriel García Márquez's 'One hundred years of solitude'
  • 5. Migrancy and metamorphosis in Salman Rushdie's 'The satanic verses'
  • 6. The African world view in Ben Okri's 'The famished road'
  • 7. Conclusion.

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