In his article "A Theory of Genre Formation in the Twentieth Century" Michael Rodgers explores the relationship between Vladimir Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading and magical realism in order to theorize about genre formation in the twentieth century. Rodgers argues not only that specific twentieth-century narrative forms are bound intrinsically with literary realism and socio-political condi...

Melquiades is a complex and enigmatic character in One Hundred Years of Solitude. His suspension between fact fantasy marks him as the signature contributor to magical realism for which novel widely acclaimed. This study aims examine nature his role interaction reality unreality seems portend fortunes Buendia family fate their town Macondo. Since marked by recurring ebb flow verity illusion, it...

This study discusses magical realism in Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before The Coffee Gets Cold. aims of this are to find the characteristics and explain significance utilizing portrayed novel. method applied is descriptive qualitative by presenting dialogues narration relating topics study. results found that there five novel; 1) irreducible elements magic, 2) phenomenal world, 3) unsettling doubts,...

Abstract This article examines the narrative and literary techniques employed in Hudā Ḥamad’s Sindrīllāt Masqaṭ to draw on Omani women’s experiences of writing speaking as sources empowerment identity. Marking a shift from dominant realistic historical fiction often associated with male writers, Ḥamad experiments magical realism, carnivalesque, intertextuality, metafiction reconfigure novelisti...

The article explores the novel American Street by contemporary US writer of Haitian origin Ibi Zoboy from perspective using technique magical realism. embraces magic, faith in spirits, otherworldly forces as well strategies narrative mode magic realism dominates postcolonial writings fictional works that describe migration experience. development different national traditions caused its variety...