MAGIC REALISM IN WORLD LITERATURE

Abstract

This article examines the question of the origins of magical realism. It is reported that works of magical realism have spread in the twentieth century in the literature of different countries and have taken a strong position in world literature in recent decades. And also, that the magical realism that emerged in the 1920s is a syncretic genre, not only because it, by definition, implies a fusion of the real and the illusory, but also its representatives managed to find an extremely successful and unusual way to tell about everyday life in a new way, social, moral problems that have already bored humanity. Attention is paid to iconic works in modern Latin American literature, written in the mainstream of magical realism