LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Detailed explanation-1: -Julio Cortázar (August 26, 1914 – February 12, 1984) was an Argentine intellectual and author of highly experimental novels and short stories who is considered to be one of the most important authors in the history of South American magic realism.
Detailed explanation-2: -A few famous writers of magical realism are Carlos Fuentes, Julio Cortazar, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Characters in these stories accept the magical events as naturally as they do the realistic ones.
Detailed explanation-3: -The term magical realism was introduced by Franz Roh, a German art critic in 1925.
Detailed explanation-4: -Julio Cortázar (1914-1984) was an Argentine writer who was born in Belgium, grew up in Argentina and later spent most of his life in France. His literary work focuses on poetry and short stories that often treat elements of fantasy.
Detailed explanation-5: -Magical Realism is a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and an acceptance of magic in the real world. Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over” is a good example of magical realism, because the house is taken over by something that is unusual and supernatural.