Author：Stephen M. HART

Abstract: Introduction of the JFLC Special Column "Magical Realism: Theory, Theatre, Film"

Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 2024      Time：2025-01-13

Author：Jorge KISHIMOTO

Abstract: This paper begins by suggesting that travel between China and the Americas occurred long before the arrival of Christopher Columbus from Europe in the Caribbean, and the conference on “Latin America and China in World Literature” is, thus, to be seen as the resumption of a dialogue that had been interrupted rather than a completely new venture. The paper then moves to a discussion of the cultural meaning of magical realism which is seen as the symptom of the cultural upheaval caused by the chasm between the way the inhabitants of the Americas felt and understood reality, as contrasted with the values ...

Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 2024      Time：2025-01-13

Author：Theo D’HAEN

Abstract: The term magic(al) realism originated some one hundred years ago. Since then, it has been used to cover sometimes widely divergent literary productions. My argument will be that the success of magic(al) realism results from how it resonates with a set of literary-critical dispensations changing over time. I will discuss four of these.

Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 2024      Time：2025-01-13

Author：Elizabeth NIGHTINGALE

Abstract: Whilst the theoretical study of magical realist literature is broad and wide-ranging, there is a remarkable lack of consensus among critics on how the mode should be defined, how its techniques should be described, and how it corresponds with both the contexts of its production and its contemporary neighboring genres. This essay maps some of the dominant avenues that have been explored in the field, illuminating where the disagreements lie and highlighting the sheer profusion of critical approaches that have been competing for attention since magical realism first began to receive ...

Vol. 8 No. 2 Dec. 2024      Time：2025-01-13