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Magical realism and the postcolonial novel : between faith and irreverence
Identifies two orientations in magical realist literature, faith and irreverence, discussing these strands in the context of works by Borges, Asturias, Carpentier, Marquez, Rushdie and Okri. This book offers original approach to magical realism, connecting it with its roots in Romanticism
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | Magical realism and the postcolonial novel : between faith and irreverence / Christopher Warnes |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan
, cop. 2009 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (VII-189 p.) |
| Contenu : | 1. Introdution: 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 Garcia Marquez'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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BU Lettres
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