Curatorial Considerations: Writing Magical Realism

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This semester, we’ll give your forays into the unusual the airtime and love they deserve, and nurture these evolutions toward the realms of absurdism, fabulism and magical realism. We will discuss the alteration of realism as a way of putting the narrative at hand to its highest use. We’ll also examine music and artwork that pushes the boundaries of the “real” in terms of form. While not a 1:1 correlation in terms of the departures we make in literature, they’re worth considering as interdisciplinary paradigms that push the envelope. We’ll discuss the music/artwork briefly at the beginning of each course session. You need not write anything formal about these pieces–just note how they defy expectation to affect your understanding.