Magical realism

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English

 

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Brian B

 

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November 4, 2011

 

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Irony regarding the author's perspective and authorial reticence are also features of this genre. In her novel, "Like Water for Chocolate," Laura Esquival uses this literary technique. (Moore pp. 1-2) Laura Esquivel keeps the narrator at a distance from fantastic elements in "Like Water for Chocolate," while allowing the narrator to respect magical elements...
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This technique is called "irony regarding the author's perspective (Moore 2)." Esquivel pulls this off by introducing the narrator at the beginning of the book, explaining that the narrator is a great-niece of Tita and the book that follows is a diary left from her aunt. Thereforore, this gives the narrator distance, but also makes the magical elements seem "real" because they are from a diary...
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