English

Noun

magic realism ‎(uncountable)

1. A literary style or genre that combines naturalistic details and narrative with surreal or dreamlike elements.
   • 2013, Tom Shone, Oscar nominations pull a surprise by showing some taste – but will it last? (in The Guardian, 11 January 2013)

     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

Synonyms

• magical realism

Derived terms

• magical feminism

Related terms

• magicorealism

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