Why is `The Handsome Drowned Man in the World` by Gabriel Garcia Marquez a Magical Realistic Work

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Magical Realism in The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World

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Magical Realism in The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World

The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a story about a drowned man ' who drifts to a small village and fascinates the villagers , especially the women . Marquez , who popularized the genre Magical Realism , uses the same technique in this short story that has made him an award-winning author of numerous

books . The short story is a magical realistic work because it is able to tell a seemingly fantastic story in a realistic way

Magical Realism Defined

Before anything else , we must first define what Magical Realism is Magical Realism is almost synonymous to the name of the author (Gabriel Garcia Marquez , so its definition is described as an ever-shifting pattern , a sharply etched realism in representing ordinary events and descriptive details together with fantastic and dreamlike elements , as well as with materials derived from myth and fairy tales (Abrams Harpham , 2008 ,

. 232 . It is basically a literary genre that mixes realistic and fantastic elements without being too fantastic

Magical Realism in the Work

The story does not seem to have much magical elements in it at first glance or at least not as much as other Marquez 's work of the said genre . The first magical realistic element would be the main protagonist of the story itself . Although he is...