magic realismとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

名詞

magic realism (usually uncountable, 複数形 magic realisms)

1. A literary style or genre that combines naturalistic details and narrative with surreal or dreamlike elements.

   Hyponym: magical feminism

   • 2013 January 11, Tom Shone, “Oscar nominations pull a surprise by showing some taste – but will it last?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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; […]

等位語

• hysterical realism

派生語

• magical feminism

関連する語

• magicorealism

Further reading

• magic realism on Wikipedia.