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I\'d also take slight exception with the Tor article reserving it to cultures that are impoverished or Third World or non-Western. There are German writers that fall squarely in the genre, like Gunter Grass. What REALLY defines Magic Realism, in my not so humble opinions are four things:
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I\\\'d also take slight exception with the Tor article reserving it to cultures that are impoverished or Third World or non-Western. There are German writers that fall squarely in the genre, like Gunter Grass. What REALLY defines Magic Realism, in my not so humble opinion are four things:
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4) The fantastic elements take place in tales of societal trauma, so that the \
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4) The fantastic elements take place in tales of societal trauma, so that the \\\"irrationatility\\\" of the fantastic elements is no less irrational than the realistic elements. The Tor article touches on this by claiming life in Colombia, for instance, is chaotic and insecure and \\\"mad\\\" in a way that, say, life in Canada is not. I see where he is coming from, but this is slightly patronizing. Western societies also can go \\\"mad\\\": Gunter Grass used Magic Realism to deal with the madness of Nazism. The key here is that irrationality and insecurity can happen in First World societies too.
