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Meaning of magic realism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈmad͡ʒɪk ˈɹiəlɪzəm/

Definitions

A literary style or genre that combines naturalistic details and narrative with surreal or dreamlike elements.

uncountable, usually

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Examples

“Perhaps the best news to come out of the nominations was the brightened box-office prospects for such films as Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild, a dazzling piece of magic realism pieced together from just $1.8m, some rusty bathtubs and whatever Louisiana bric-a-brac its youthful collective of film-makers could lay their hands on; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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