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  • Magical realism and the postcolonial novel[electronic resource] :between faith and irreverence /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 809.915
    書名/作者: Magical realism and the postcolonial novel : between faith and irreverence // Christopher Warnes.
    作者: Warnes, Christopher.
    出版者: Basingstoke : : Palgrave Macmillan,, c2009.
    面頁冊數: vii, 189 p. ;; 22 cm.
    標題: Magic realism (Literature)
    ISBN: 9780230234437
    ISBN: 0230234437
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    內容註: Preface -- Introduction: Re-thinking Magical Realism -- Magical Realism as Postcolonial Romance -- Faith, Idealism and Irreverence in Asturias, Borges and Carpentier -- Magical Realism and Defamiliarisation in Gabriel Garcáia Mâarquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude -- Migrancy and Metamorphosis in Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses -- The African World View in Ben Okri's The Famished Road-- Conclusion -- Bibliography-- Index.
    摘要、提要註: Magical Realism and the Postcolonial Novel: Between Faith and Irreverence reinterprets the origins and nature of one of the most recognisable and important genres of twentieth century literature. Warnes locatesthe origins of the term in the work of Novalis, and examines its relations with romanticism. Drawing on the ideas of Alejo Carpentier and Jorge Luis Borges, Warnes argues that magicalrealism's relationships withthe novel are characterised by contrasting orientatations: towards faith and irreverence. Detailed readings of key magical realist novels by Asturias, Carpentier, Garcia áMrquez, Rushdie, and Okri confirm the relevance of the distinction to understanding both the novels themselves and the contexts from which they emerge. This major new study makes available a new and more precise vocabulary for the critical discussion of magical realism and is essential reading for anyone interested in the field or in twentieth century literature more broadly.
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