Magic Realism in the Works of Isabel Allende and Gabriel García and Laura Esquivel


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https://doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2021.6.5.04

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Magic Realism, Garcia Marquez, Isabelle Allende, Laura Esquivel, Literature

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To begin, this article provides a short overview of Magic Realism. The meaning of the term the origins and development of Magical Realist literature, as well as "Magic Realism," must be explored next. Three famous authors will be discussed: Garcia Marquez, Isabelle Allende, and Laura Esquivel, as well as female writers Isabelle Allende and Laura Esquivel. In addition, a number of outstanding works by well-known authors connected with the literary movement Magical Realism are critically analysed. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, Like Water for Chocolate and The House of the Spirits are among the notable literary works to be studied in terms of their Magical Realist aspects.

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Cabello Pino, Manuel. Magic Realism in Arundhati Roy and Isabel Allende: The Experience of Dislocation, 2006.

Cox, Karen Castellucci. Isabel Allende: A Critical Companion. Greenwood Press, 2003.

Esquivel, Laura. Like Water for Chocolate. Trans. Christensen, Carol and Thomas Christensen. London:Black Swan, 1993.

Elena, Maria. The Shattered Mirror: Representations of Women in Mexican Literature. University of Texas Press, 1998, Print.

Faris, Wendy B. Ordinary Enchantments: Magical Realismand the Remystification of Narrative. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2004. Print.

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.” North Dakota State University, translated by GregoryRabassa, 2007.

Taylor, Claire. Laura Esquivel. A companion to Latin American women writers. Ed. Brígida M. Pastor and LloydHughes Davies. Woodbridge, Suffolk; Rochester, NY: Tamesis, 2012. pp. 183-195.

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2021-12-30

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Mahesh Chandra Tiwari. “Magic Realism in the Works of Isabel Allende and Gabriel García and Laura Esquivel”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 6, no. 5, Dec. 2021, pp. 30-37, doi:10.53032/tcl.2021.6.5.04.

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