Формирование традиций магического реализма в творчестве афроамериканских писателей

Маслова Елизавета Геннадьевна

doi:10.7256/2454-0749.2016.4.20795


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Maslova E.G. Development of Magic Realism Traditions in the Creative Writing of African American Authors // Philology: scientific researches. 2016. № 4. P. 361-365. DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2016.4.20795 URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=20795

Формирование традиций магического реализма в творчестве афроамериканских писателей

Maslova Elizaveta Gennad'evna

PhD in Philology

associate professor of the Department of Foreign Languages at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

117997, Russia, Moscow, per. Stremyannyi, 36

maslovaliza@yandex.ru

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Article was published in rubric "Stream of consciousness"

DOI:

10.7256/2454-0749.2016.4.20795

Received:

20-10-2016

Published:

03-02-2017

Abstract: The subject of the research is the phenomenon of magic realism, creation and development of magic realism traditions in literary practice of African American writers. The author of the article views magic realism as a peculiar type of creative thinking developed in Western literature of the 20th century that was especially expressed in writings of Charles Chestnutt, Zora Hurston, Alice Walker, Naylor and Toni Morrison as those writers used peculiar expressive means and methods synthesizing the 'magical' and real events in their stories. The methods used in the course of the research included: comparative historical, systems approach principles to study cultural and literary phenomena, and comprehensive analysis of a literary text. The main conclusion of the research is taht the author defines specific features of African American creative thinking that determined the unique nature of magic realism traditions in the writings of black writers. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author extends the scope of interpretation of magic realism exceeding the borders of the Latin American phenomenon and carries out an in-depth analysis of magic realism development in creative writings of African American authors.

Keywords:

magical realism, African American literature, oral tradition, African American folklore, mythology, supernatural, literary tradition, Toni Morrison, American literature, identity

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