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Diasporic Marvellous Realism highlights the interesting switch in perspective found in contemporary literary production where the supernatural is regarded from a diasporic perspective as marvellous rather than magical. The titular term is applied to the influence of transterritorialization on the works of first- and second generation immigrant writers when approaching and exploring the myths and legends of their culture of origin. The texts included in this analysis show that the employment of this literary philosophy and narrative technique in contemporary literature involves a fruitful refocusing of the rhetorical gaze regarding the importance of cultural heritage as vindicatory resistance to the lacunae of history and as celebratory re-enfranchisement of diasporic communities in host countries such as Canada and the UK.
Price: $87.00
Pages: 244
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Cross/Cultures
Publication Date:
17 July 2015
ISBN: 9789004301085
Format: Hardcover
"In this book, María Alonso Alonso develops a fresh methodological approach to the works of immigrant and transnational writers, particularly those from the Caribbean. While this volume offers numerous insights into diaspora, identity, memory and trauma studies, Alonso’s main contribution undoubtedly lies in her articulation of a non-Eurocentric world vision, indeed a “literary philosophy” as well as a narrative technique that she calls diasporic marvellous realism (16)."
- Jocelyn Martin, Recherche littéraire/ Literary Research of the International Comparative Literature Association, Vol. 32, Summer 2016).
"Alonso’s account of the twists and turns in the history of magical realism, and the differences between lo real maravilloso and realismo mágico, is one of the best that I have read — proving that much has still to be said on the mode’s evolutionary chronology." - Felicity Gee, Wasafiri 32:2, 2017
- Jocelyn Martin, Recherche littéraire/ Literary Research of the International Comparative Literature Association, Vol. 32, Summer 2016).
"Alonso’s account of the twists and turns in the history of magical realism, and the differences between lo real maravilloso and realismo mágico, is one of the best that I have read — proving that much has still to be said on the mode’s evolutionary chronology." - Felicity Gee, Wasafiri 32:2, 2017