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Magic and Surrealism
Magic and Surrealism
vs. Fantasy
While magical
realism situates in magical realism
MAGICAL REALISM readers in a the world appears
predominantly much like our
realistic world, own, but also
Magical realism uses magical fantasy takes place includes an
in an unreal world element of the
elements to make a point about with unreal extraordinary.
reality. This is as opposed to stories characters.
that are solidly in the fantasy or sci-
fi genres which are often separate
from our own reality.