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What are the elements of Modernism?
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Psychological Theory, Expressionism, Existentialism
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When does Postmodernism Begin?
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Who does Postmodernism speak for?
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The individual, not a group
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What is Magic Realism a Movement of?
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What is the largest difference between Modernism and Postmodernism?
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The Perspective
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What is the Umbrella Styles of Literature are Under?
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What is Magic Realism?
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Literary Movement associated with writing that incorporates magical or supernatural events into realistic narratives, without questioning improbability of these events.
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What world do Magic Realist writers present the reader with?
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A world where nothing is taken for granted and where anything can happen
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What are Magical Realist aiming to do?
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Use actual history, geography, and cultural beliefs to generate a political/social/cultural view. They want to explore cultural identity, to subvert values that justify dominating other cultures. It critiques societal progress. Contrasts art and reality.
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What do magic realists often use to create magic?
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Hyperbole, imagery, points of view down from popular understandings of folklore, genres that blur the line between fiction and reality, written in a realist style.
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