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Magic realism--a kind of modern fiction in which fabulous and fantastical
events are included in a narrative that otherwise maintains the
'reliable' tone of objective realistic report. Designating a tendency
of the modern novel to reach beyond the confines of realism and
draw upon the energies of fable, folk tale, and myth while maintaining
a strong contemporary social relevance. The fantastic attributes
given to characters in such novels--levitation, flight, telepathy,
telekinesis--are among the means that magic realism adopts in order
to encompass the often phantasmagoric political realities of the
20th century. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Examples of magic realism genre are:
- Martine Leavitt's Tom Finder
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