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Apprehending butterflies and flying beauties : bringing magical realism to ground

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posted on 2003-01-01, 00:00 authored by Maria Takolander
Magical realism is a misunderstood genre. It is neither exotic fantasy nor exotic realism. Magical realist literature typically confuses realism and fantasy in order to make political statements that revolve around the ideas that realism is a partisan fabrication and the reality it defends an ideological construct.

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[iv], 221 p. ; 30 cm.

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eng

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2003.

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Ph.D.

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Faculty of Arts and Education

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School of Communication and Creative Arts

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    Fantasy literature - History and criticismMagic realism (Literature)Supernatural in literature

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