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García Márquez is recognized as a pivotal figure in Latin American literature around the world, [2] as one of the founders of the magical realism genre. [3] [4] His contributions helped elevate Latin American literature to global prominence.
Magical realism has a complicated place in the stories Latine people tell about themselves and to others.
He was the fourth Latin American to be so honored, having been preceded by Chilean poets Gabriela Mistral in 1945 and Pablo Neruda in 1971 and by Guatemalan novelist Miguel Ángel Asturias in 1967. With Jorge Luis Borges , García Márquez is the best-known Latin American writer in history."
[2]: 16–18 After Flores's essay, there was a resurgence of interest in marvelous realism, which, after the Cuban revolution of 1959, led to the term magical realism being applied to a new type of literature known for matter-of-fact portrayal of magical events. [2]: 18 Literary magic realism originated in Latin America.
Many of her books involve the magical realism genre. One of her most celebrated titles, The House of the Spirits , intersects at the crossroads of mysticism and political unrest. 17.
Elena Garro (December 11, 1916 – August 22, 1998) was a Mexican author, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, short story writer, and novelist. She has been described as one of the pioneers and an early leading figure of the Magical Realism movement, though she rejected this affiliation. [1]
McOndo is a Latin American literary movement that breaks with the magical realism mode of narration, and counters it with languages borrowed from mass media. [1] The literature of McOndo presents urban Latin American life, in opposition to the fictional rural town of Macondo.
The story has received several critical responses, most of which comment on Marquez's use of the magical realism genre. In an article for the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts , Greer Watson commented that there is little that is considered fantastic about the story, rather that elements such as the old man's wings are presented as an ...