Postcolonial Discourse Reflected Through Magical Realism in Tess Uriza Holthe’s When the Elephants Dance

Observe the Split Between the Paths: from Persian Tadhkirah to magical realism: A discourse in the review of Mystical Realism by Mehrnaz Shirazi Adel

From Persian Tadhkirah To Magical Realism: A Discourse in The Review of Mystical Realism Mehrnaz Shirazi Adel /Ph.D. student of Persian Literature at the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies/ [email protected] Abstract Mystical Realism; A Comparison of Suffi Tadhkirah writing and Magical Realism with Emphasis on Marquez's Works by Mohammad Roodgar is in effect his doctoral thesi...

The Surrogate Hegemon in Polish Postcolonial Discourse

Race and Magical Realism in Young Adult Fiction

fiction are preoccupied with questioning and destabilizing the conventions and establishments of the adult world. While the main function of adolescent literature is socialization and acculturation, subversion and transgression are equally integral elements. According to Latham, magical realism offers a narrative mode through which adolescent literature can achieve the goal of “socialization th...

Adapted Magic A Critique of the Adaptation of Magical Realism in Iran

Magical realism was one of the trends that quickly became known, translated, and imitated in Iran's fiction. The first time the door to magic realism was opened to Iranian literature was when Ahmad Mir-alai, translated the short stories of Borges. After him, Bahman Farzaneh, with a translation of One Hundred Years of Solitude, introduced the Iranian community to magical realism. This trend used...

When Yawning Occurs in Elephants

Yawning is a widely recognized behavior in mammalian species. One would expect that elephants yawn, although to our knowledge, no one has reported observations of yawning in any species of elephant. After confirming a behavioral pattern matching the criteria of yawning in two Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in a zoological setting, this study was pursued with nine captive African elephants (L...