Magic Realism + other

Question 1

magic realism

Answer 1

sub-genre of fiction

Question 2

vision and revision

Answer 2

a series of device which like telescopes offer us a way of seeing the truth somehow excluded from our vision

Question 3

primary characteristics (5)

Answer 3

containing magic
realistic description that creates fictional world that ressembles the one we live in (realism in magic realism)
near-merging of 2 realms, cannot distinguish
create doubts between 2 contradictory understandings of events
question received ideas about time, space and identity

Question 4

secondary characteristics (5)

Answer 4

-draws on and makes use of legends
-uses repetition as a narrative principle
-contains meta-fictional dimension (breaks 4th wall)
-emphasizes metamorphosis (physical)
-possesses carnivalesque spirit

Question 5

multicultural mosaic

Answer 5

culturally heterogeneous, hyphenated Canadian, cultural integration

Question 6

cultural melting pot

Answer 6

cultural assimilation, uniform, culturally homogenous

Question 7

vertical mosaic

Answer 7

power dynamic. although ‘mosaic”, some groups are worth more than others, top of the mosaic.