dung_Eater [none/use name] to literature • 2 years agowhat the fuck is magical realism and why do i hate it so much?message-squaremessage-square60 fedilinkarrow-up132
arrow-up132message-squarewhat the fuck is magical realism and why do i hate it so much?dung_Eater [none/use name] to literature • 2 years agomessage-square60 Commentsfedilink
minus-squaredung_Eater [none/use name]hexagonhexbear6·2 years agoi know that's the concept, but i think it's an apt name for the genre known as "magical realism". except smug liberals would hate to admit to themselves that their ideology has a choke point link
minus-squareDingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]hexbear4·edit-22 years agoI'm thinking the OP is getting the genre mixed up Maybe they meant like gritty fantasy or something lol Seems like they're ranting about George RR Martin more than Gabo link
minus-squareCriticalOtaku [he/him]hexbear3·2 years agoStuff like The Dresden Files or Vampire: the Masquerade is usually called Urban Fantasy, tho, and we still call Gambo Thrones fantasy. Magical realism has a certain literary, postmodernist bent that's kinda distinctive from that, even if the category is too broad to be useful. link
i know that's the concept, but i think it's an apt name for the genre known as "magical realism". except smug liberals would hate to admit to themselves that their ideology has a choke point
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I'm thinking the OP is getting the genre mixed up
Maybe they meant like gritty fantasy or something lol
Seems like they're ranting about George RR Martin more than Gabo
Stuff like The Dresden Files or Vampire: the Masquerade is usually called Urban Fantasy, tho, and we still call Gambo Thrones fantasy.
Magical realism has a certain literary, postmodernist bent that's kinda distinctive from that, even if the category is too broad to be useful.