magic realism
nounUK /ˈmad͡ʒɪk ˈɹiəlɪzəm/ · US /ˈmæd͡ʒɪk ˈɹiəlɪzəm/
Etymology Calque of German Magischer Realismus, first referring to the anti-expressionist artistic movement New Objectivity (1925), later applied to literature, especially in Latin America where it is known as realismo mágico.
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Usually A literary style or genre that combines naturalistic details and narrative with surreal or dreamlike elements.
- Perhaps the best news to come out of the nominations was the brightened box-office prospects for such films as Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild, a dazzling piece of magic realism pieced together from just $1.8m, some rusty bathtubs and whatever Louisiana bric-a-brac its youthful collective of film-makers could lay their hands on; […]2013 January 11, Tom Shone, “Oscar nominations pull a surprise by showing some taste – but will it last?”, in The Guardian:
- Derived terms
- magical feminism
- Related terms
- magicorealism
- Coordinate terms
- hysterical realism, socialist realism