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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.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmad͡ʒɪk ˈɹiəlɪzəm/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈmæd͡ʒɪk ˈɹiəlɪzəm/

名詞

magic realism (usually uncountable, plural 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:

     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, socialist realism

派生語

• magical feminism

関連する語

• magicorealism

Further reading

• magic realism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia