Feleke, Molla (PhD)Abebe, Hailu2021-02-012023-11-082021-02-012023-11-082020-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/24902Among the prominent literary styles, magical realism, which was first applied in the art (painting) in the 1920s and later on applied in literature has been given less attention by literary scholars at Addis Ababa University. Basically, magical realism combines realism and the magic (or fantastic) in a way that the magical elements and miracles rise naturally from the reality portrayed. The literary works of many prominent Ethiopian writers have been studied on various topics. However, there is no study in approaching novels from a magical realist perspective. It is not common approaching Ethiopian novels in a magical realist perspective, and this is what makes this study different from others. In addition to this, as far as the researcher is concerned, no research has been conducted on the selected novels in other literary perspectives as well. As a result, this study is designed to fill the gap by investigating the magical realist elements/aspects used by Alemayehu Wassie through magical realism analysis on the selected novels. Thus, this study helps anyone wants to understand the application of Magical Realism characteristics or elements and theories in analyzing literary works. Based on a review of literature on theory of magical realism, Alemayehu Wassie’s Trilogy namely Emegua, Zigora and Merbebit have been analyzed. Critical reading is used to analysis of each novel based on the elements of magical realism as discussed in the theoretical framework. Extracts that are taken from each novel have been used to analyze the aspects of magical realism in the selected novels. The conceptual translation is given for each extract following the original version which is used in the analysis. Finally, the analyses of the study have shown that most of the elements of magical realism have been reflected in each novel. Magical realism studies have been conducted on different literary works, but it is confirmed that this study is distinguished since it focused on the reflection of magical realism elements in the selected novels namely: Emegua, Zigora, and Merbebit.en-USThe literary works of many prominent Ethiopian writers have been studied on various topics. However, there is no study in approaching novels from a magical realist perspective.Thesis