Magical+Realism

This is a contination of ideas on magical realism--

Magical realism is an attitude, aiming to seize the paradox of the union opposites, that we see mostly through literature. However, this whole idea started in the world of art. It was first introduced by a man with the name Franz Roh. He thought by bringing magical realism into his gallery he would be "representing and responding to reality and pictorially depicting the enigmas of reality". This attitude also started in Latin America, where magical realism was a way to express the realistic American mentality and create an uncontrolled style of literature.

Although this style of literature is sometimes hard to understand, there are example that are familiar to us all. One popular example is "Harry Potter". This series highlights the worldwide character of clashes between various forms of traditionalism and modernism. Withcraft and magical are used a lot throughout these series and to some that's going against the traditional values said in bible and taught since birth. A movie that some may not know, but easily mixed magical realism in, is "Pan's Labyrinth". The "real" part of "Pan's Labyrinth" is set in 1944 during the aftermath, when Franco's victorious army was engaged in mop-up operations, tracking down the remnants of Republican resistance. The parallel story and the magical part is the flashy fantasy sequences, involve a little girl's, Ophelia, deceptive imagination and a set of monsters no better or worse than the ones of outside reality. This magical realism takes on a different apporach that of Gabriel Garcis Marquez. It's more of a tragic realism and magic surrealism than the literature written by Marquez. Below is a trailer of "Pan's Labyrinth".

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Magical realism is a hard genre to understand. Like any other genre, there are multiple ways to portray that attitude. These are just the few examples of the many enchanted ones out there.

//Magical realism is a way “our real world re-emerges before our eyes, bathed in the clarity of a new day”// --Franz Roh