A Comparative Study of Magical Realism in One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Famished Road
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mengistu, Melakneh (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Taddesse, Mezegebua | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-20T10:12:07Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-05T13:47:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-20T10:12:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-05T13:47:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Studies on various literary topics set against Western Realism and Socialist Realism are abundant. However, there are no comparative studies done on such topics on the basis of Magical Realism. Thus this study area desired to fill that gap by comparing two novels from Colombia and Nigeria. It has tried to explore Magical Realism in the two novels One Hundred Years of Solitude by the Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez and The Famished Road by the Nigerian author Ben Okri. The study revealed that both novels have mostly used the same characteristics to construct the Magical Realist effect and their differences in this respect are negligible. Distinct characteristics of Magical Realism are used for the comparison of the two novels. As research methodology, the study has tried to first identify as many characteristics of Magical Realism as possible in Chapter Two following an attempt to define it and incorporating a list of thoughts and ideas by various scholars about Magical Realism. In the next chapter, the study has moved on to the identification of the said characteristics of Magical Realism in the selected novels. Here, the study has presented the characteristics as they appear in each novel with quotations of relevant examples from them. The final chapter has analyzed the results of the identification of the characteristics done in the previous chapter by attempting to compare them. The finding of the study has established that both novels have used similar techniques such as employing fascination of technology to create an aspect of Magical Realism. Other examples of such similarities are present in the study as well. However, despite this fact, the meaning of One Hundred Years of Solitude is very different from that of The Famished Road. In addition, this does not mean that everything in the novels is the same. Each novel has its own distinct style. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/2231 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Study of Magical Realism | en_US |
| dc.title | A Comparative Study of Magical Realism in One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Famished Road | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |