Magical Realism and the Postcolonial Novel: Between Faith and Irreverence by Chr

Description: Magical Realism and the Postcolonial Novel by Christopher Warnes 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Author Biography CHRISTOPHER WARNES is University Lecturer in English and a Fellow of St Johns College, University of Cambridge, UK. Table of Contents Preface Introduction: Re-thinking Magical Realism Magical Realism as Postcolonial Romance Faith, Idealism and Irreverence in Asturias, Borges and Carpentier Magical Realism and Defamiliarisation in Gabriel García Márquezs One Hundred Years of Solitude Migrancy and Metamorphosis in Salman Rushdies The Satanic Verses The African World View in Ben Okris The Famished Road Conclusion Bibliography Index Review Clearly in touch with the central voices in this dialogue...Warnes achieves the task for which he aims. In the process, he composes a text that will be useful to both novice and experienced critics of magical realism, as well as scholars of postcolonial and twentieth-century literature more broadly - Kim Sasser, University of Edniburgh, UK, InterventionsIf you are planning (or already deliver) a final-year undergraduate or postgraduate course dedicated to magical realism be it within postcolonial studies, comparative literature, or Hispanic (Latin American) studies this book can provide a complete guide for the course...this is is a fresh evaluation of a well-scrutinized field, demonstrating that the loose genre of magical realism, despite having been approached from all angles and savaged in many a poorly researched undergraduate essay, still bears valuablesubstance for an understanding of the literature. -William Rowlandson, University of Kent, UK, Modern Language ReviewThis book is a good attempt to pull together the various and often contradictory strands of writing that can be categorized as magical realism and to see similarities amongst them, as well as weighing up and evaluating the range of theoretical work that has been published on magical realism. Furthermore, Warnes attempts to not only focus on the ludic qualities of this style of writing, which many other theorists have documented, but to argue for the realism of some of these works. - Sara Mills, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, Safundi, THe Journal of South African and American StudiesAmong the recent publications which seek to offer yet another re-definition of magical realism, Christopher Warnes study Magical Realism and the Postcolonial Novel: Between Faith and Irreverence accomplishes a double feat: while bringing into dialogue the development of both the term magical realism and the mode itself, Warnes develops two paradigms representing two major structural and functional tendencies in magical realism...The result is not a redefinition of magical realism, but a thought provoking re-contextualization which offers a typology capable of spanning the varieties of the mode...the book is highly recommendable for anyone exploring magical realism, postcolonial literatures or hybrid genres. -Jelena Kovacevic-Löckner, KULT online Long Description Magical Realism and the Postcolonial Novel reinterprets the origins and nature of one of the most recognisable and important genres of twentieth century literature. Published in paperback for the first time, this book locates the origins of the term in the work of Novalis, and examines its relations with romanticism. Drawing on the ideas of Alejo Carpentier and Jorge Luis Borges, Warnes argues that magical realisms relationships with the novel are characterised by contrasting orientatations: towards faith and irreverence. Detailed readings of key magical realist novels by Asturias, Carpentier, Garc Review Quote Clearly in touch with the central voices in this dialogue...Warnes achieves the task for which he aims. In the process, he composes a text that will be useful to both novice and experienced critics of magical realism, as well as scholars of postcolonial and twentieth-century literature more broadly - Kim Sasser, University of Edniburgh, UK, Interventions If you are planning (or already deliver) a final-year undergraduate or postgraduate course dedicated to magical realism--be it within postcolonial studies, comparative literature, or Hispanic (Latin American) studies--this book can provide a complete guide for the course...this is is a fresh evaluation of a well-scrutinized field, demonstrating that the loose genre of magical realism, despite having been approached from all angles and savaged in many a poorly researched undergraduate essay, still bears valuable substance for an understanding of the literature. -William Rowlandson, University of Kent, UK, Modern Language Review This book is a good attempt to pull together the various and often contradictory strands of writing that can be categorized as magical realism and to see similarities amongst them, as well as weighing up and evaluating the range of theoretical work that has been published on magical realism. Furthermore, Warnes attempts to not only focus on the ludic qualities of this style of writing, which many other theorists have documented, but to argue for the realism of some of these works. - Sara Mills, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, Safundi, THe Journal of South African and American Studies Among the recent publications which seek to offer yet another re-definition of magical realism, Christopher Warnes study Magical Realism and the Postcolonial Novel: Between Faith and Irreverence accomplishes a double feat: while bringing into dialogue the development of both the term magical realism and the mode itself, Warnes develops two paradigms representing two major structural and functional tendencies in magical realism...The result is not a redefinition of magical realism, but a thought provoking re-contextualization which offers a typology capable of spanning the varieties of the mode...the book is highly recommendable for anyone exploring magical realism, postcolonial literatures or hybrid genres. -Jelena Kovacevic-L Description for Bookstore This book identifies two orientations in magical realist literature, faith and irreverence, discussing these strands in the context of works by Borges, Asturias, Carpentier, M Details ISBN1137440864 Author Christopher Warnes Publisher Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-10 1137440864 ISBN-13 9781137440860 Format Paperback Media Book Short Title MAGICAL REALISM & THE POSTCOLO Language English Edition Description 2009 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Between Faith and Irreverence Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1973 Year 2009 Publication Date 2009-03-19 Pages 189 UK Release Date 2009-03-19 AU Release Date 2009-03-19 NZ Release Date 2009-03-19 Illustrations VII, 189 p. 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