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MAGICAL REALISM WITHIN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE.

Magical realism is characterized by two conflicting perspectives, one based on a rational view of reality and the other on the acceptance of the supernatural as ordinary reality. Magical realism differs from pure fantasy primarily because it is set in a normal, modern world with authentic descriptions of humans and society.
In One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez incorporates many supernatural motifs like levitation and flying carpets. Marquez also creates the character of Melquiades, a gypsy with supernatural powers. His novel contains powerful images of absurd bodily disgust, hesitant celebration and laughter, and the reconstruction of different identities of humanity, all of which demonstrate characteristics of magical realism.
In this novel, Marquez utilizes irony; Civil war rages throughout, hearts break, dreams shatter, and lives are lost, yet the effect shows literary sentiment towards the......

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