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magical realism: a standalone construct

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narrative in which the supernatural and the improbable are presented as an ordinary part of a realistically rendered world.

In literary history, magical realism refers to narrative in which the supernatural and the improbable are presented as an ordinary part of a realistically rendered world. This meaning comes from Zamora (1995) in Magical realism.[1]

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  1. Zamora, L. P., & Faris, W. B. (1995). Magical realism. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822316404

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