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Much use has been made of the term ‘magic realism’ to refer to texts which introduce an important ‘imaginary’ dimension into ‘realistic’ evocations of the world. The Cuban Alejo Carpentier has also coined the phrase to real maravilloso (marvellous reality) which he applies to a vision characteristic of Central and South America.
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© 1998 Jean-Pierre Durix
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Durix, JP. (1998). From Fantasy to Magic Realism. In: Mimesis, Genres and Post-Colonial Discourse. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230377165_4
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