Teaching UGC NET Mock Test Series 2025 (Paper 1 & 2) English Literature Literary Theory post World War II Post Colonialism
What role does "magical realism" play in Gabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" when considered through a postcolonial lens?
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It solely serves to entertain the reader with fantastical elements.
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It functions to highlight the illogical and primitive nature of postcolonial societies.
3
It subverts colonial rationalism by merging the magical with the real to reassert local cultural narratives.
4
It reinforces the dominance of European literary traditions.