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Technique of Magic Realism in Isabel Allende’s The House of The Spirits
Dinesh Kumar
Page No. : 1-4
ABSTRACT
The phrase ‘Magic realism’ has two contradictory aspects, the word, magic refers to something that is full of mystery, unknown and unfamiliar, but on the other hand, realism connotes that is the reality, known and familiar. So, both the words are contradictory in nature and sense. The origin of the term in literature can be traced back to Latin America. It was because of the frequent visits of the writers to different cultural hubs like Berlin and Paris where the movement in art was the main source of inspiration for cultivating the trait of this genre. This genre flourished in the hands of a number of female authors across different cultures and civilizations in which Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, Toni Morrison, Sarah Addison and Isabel Allende are worthy of detailed consideration. Isabel Allende has used this genre in the feministic sense.
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