Magical Realist Literature and Film.

Catalog description

A genre course focusing on the literature and film of magical realism, a hybrid storytelling mode comprised of the dual codes of the supernatural and realism. Students who take this course will gain a theoretical foundation and narrative breadth that enables them to better appreciate the perennial appeal of this storytelling form, including how it might have special significance to Christian readers and other people of faith. Because magical realism is a transnational and transhistorical mode, the literature and film covered derive from around the world.