02690nam 22006614a 450 991081325340332120200520144314.01-282-50453-397866125045320-230-23443-710.1057/9780230234437(CKB)2550000000006924(EBL)483183(OCoLC)608279429(SSID)ssj0000362728(PQKBManifestationID)11262514(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000362728(PQKBWorkID)10381537(PQKB)11777394(DE-He213)978-0-230-23443-7(MiAaPQ)EBC483183(EXLCZ)99255000000000692420100223d2009 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtccrMagical realism and the postcolonial novel between faith and irreverence /Christopher Warnes1st ed. 2009.Basingstoke ;New York Palgrave Macmillanc20091 online resource (198 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-36082-1 0-230-54528-9 Includes bibliographical references (p.167-179) and index.1. Introduction: re-thinking magical realism -- 2. Magical realism as postcolonial romance -- 3. Faith, idealism, and irreverence in Asturias, Borges, and Carpentier -- 4. Magical realism and defamiliarisation in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'One hundred years of solitude' -- 5. Migrancy and metamorphosis in Salman Rushdie's 'The satanic verses' -- 6. The African world view in Ben Okri's 'The famished road' -- 7. Conclusion.This book rethinks the origins and nature of magical realism and provides detailed readings of key novels by Asturias, Carpentier, García Márquez, Rushdie, and Okri. Identifying two different strands of the mode, one characterized by faith, the other by irreverence, Warnes makes available a new vocabulary for the discussion of magical realism.Magic realism (Literature)Magisch realismegttRomansgttPostkolonialismegttRomantiekgttMagic realism (Literature)Magisch realisme.Romans.Postkolonialisme.Romantiek.809.91517.76bclWarnes Christopher1601225MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813253403321Magical Realism and the Postcolonial Novel3924741UNINA