ENGB19H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Magic Realism, Sundarbans, Sympathetic Magic
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Lec 06 engb19: midnight"s children to the end of how saleem achieved purity . People in india have trouble dealing with. Secular state is usual setting in realist novels. Disproportion = we"re more aware of both worlds & bodies than would be in realism. Uneven development: diff. stages of development side by side. The new myth of freedom not just national, secular state; competing myths are here, new & old, The modern in this book is also magical; competing magics. Modern = realism not good enough; modernity = realism also myth. Sri ramram seth not levitating but sitting on shelf. Miracles that look religious are phony/fake not real. Midnight"s children have powers? traditional powers mixed with modern magic (not traditional magic like karma, etc. ) Sunderbans (place: southern bangladesh and a part in the indian state of west bengal) Does not have borders (space without these borders) Often in this book magic is modern (but this book is not under realism)
