Magic Realism in Two Post-Apartheid Novels by André Brink
In all the definitions he has given of magic realism, André Brink has insisted on magic realism’s capacity to blur the borders that separate life from death, reality from dreams, stories from History. This paper examines the relevance of such notions for the interpretation of Imaginings of Sand (199...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | In all the definitions he has given of magic realism, André Brink has insisted on magic realism’s capacity to blur the borders that separate life from death, reality from dreams, stories from History. This paper examines the relevance of such notions for the interpretation of Imaginings of Sand (1996) and Devil’s Valley (1998), two novels written after the end of apartheid. |
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