What is Magical Realism?
"Magical realism is a form of narrative fiction writing whereby the narrative makes no distinction nor discriminates between events that defy the laws of nature (in physics or genetics, for example) and those that conform to the laws of nature."
From: "Magical Realism." The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature, edited by Suzanne Bost and Frances R. Aparicio, Routledge, 2013, pp. 334-341. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX6227400043/GVRL?u=cclc_sac&sid=GVRL&xid=56f00318. Accessed 15 Apr. 2021.
The selections below are available through the SCC Library. If it says "ebook" then you can access it online, but if it has a "call number" code like "PQ8180.17.A73 C5 E5" then you will have to request the item and then wait a few days for an email saying that it is ready for you to pick it up on campus.
These are just a few samples of what you can find in the SCC Library.
Critical Works about Magical Realism
Title:What Is Magical Realism? An Explanation of a Literary Style by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780773429253Publication Date: 2013
Fiction
The House of the Spirits by Call Number: PQ8098.1.L54 C313 2005ISBN: 9781400043187Publication Date: 2005
Like water for chocolate : a novel in monthly installments, with recipes, romances, and home remedies by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781400032778Publication Date: 1995
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Call Number: PQ8180.17.A73 C5 E5ISBN: 9780060114183Publication Date: 1970
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Call Number: PL856.U673 N4513 1998ISBN: 9780679775430Publication Date: 1998
Video and More
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Magical Realism by
Call Number: streaming videoPublication Date: 1981in Spanish with English subtitlesIsabel Allende Woman’s Voice in Latin American Literature by
Call Number: streaming videoPublication Date: 2005See segment 12, "Magical Realism"The Latin American boom by
Call Number: streaming videoPublication Date: 2007in Spanish with English subtitles
- 'Sorry To Bother You' Brings Magical Realism To The World Of TelemarketingNPR Morning Edition, July 5, 2018 (7 minutes)