Luis Leal – Summary of Main Points
This essay was a criticism of Angel Flores’ definition of magic & realism. Luis states that the earliest known writing of magic & realism began when Kafka combined the nightmares he had when he slept with his reality when he awoke. In magic & realism, reality is bent when the unusual becomes usual and the bizarre is accepted at normal. Writers use reality as a way to keep their myths from becoming fairy tales. Magic and realism does not falsify reality, it merely an attitude toward reality that is able to be expressed in several different methods. If a certain reader does not accept what he/she is reading then simply put, their attitude toward reality is not magic.
Leal discusses how magic and realism is not about conceiving new fantasy worlds but more about revealing the relationship of reality and magic. In order to reveal this relationship, the reader’s sense of reality must be increased until they reach an extreme state. Only then can they embrace what magic and realism is all about.
Franz Roh – Summary of main Points
In this essay, Roh discusses how many methods are used in order to express artist’s emotions in their paintings. Throughout the essay Roh displays the differences between all these different styles of paintings. He includes impressionism, expressionism, futurism as well as the movement toward Post-expressionism. Roh claims that expressionism uses abnormal objects as its focal point and these objects serve as the basis of the differentiation. He tells of how reality is used in order to show this separation, and more specifically religious figures and animals were the objects most often distorted in the art.
Roh states that the strange and unnatural are used in magic and realism because there is no need to paint ordinary objects because they have all already been reproduced in the past. He then goes on to state how objectivity is so important to magic and realism because nature is so often displayed, unlike in music and architecture, where objectivity is not so important. Objectivity limit impressionism and futurism but post-expressionism allows for full objectivity which he claims to be the most satisfying part about painting.
With magic and realism, painting has become a form of creation rather than imitation. Roh claims that it is used as a “window into a different reality.” He concludes his essay by claiming that magic and realism paintings are the most fantastic forms of art by far.
Flores – Main Idea
The main idea to Angel Flores’ magic realism in Spanish essay is about the literary criticism that magic realism receives. Flores claims that magic realism writes have tried to get these critics on their side by adding more romanticism and naturalism to the literature. Flores claims that this time period has the most talented writers ever combining forces to cultivate the art of fiction. Flores feels that this was accomplished and Latin America now has “authentic expression.”
Luis Leal – Main Points
ReplyDeleteThis criticism of Angel Flores’ definition of magical realism states that the earliest known writing of magical realism began when Kafka combined the nightmares he had while sleeping with the reality he experienced while awake. In magical realism, reality is bent when the unusual becomes usual and the bizarre is accepted as normal. Reality is used as a way to keep myths from becoming fairy tales. Magical realism does not falsify reality, it is merely an attitude that expresses reality in several different methods. If a certain reader does not accept what he/she is reading then they do not posses that certain magical attitude toward reality.
Leal states that magical realism is not about conceiving new fantasy worlds but it is more about revealing the relationship of reality and illusion. In order to reveal this relationship, the reader’s sense of reality must be increased until they reach an extreme state. Only then can they embrace what magic and realism is all about.
Franz Roh – Main Points
This essay discusses the many methods that are used in order to express artist’s emotions in their paintings. Roh displays these differences between all the different styles of paintings. The methods include impressionism, expressionism, futurism as well as the movement toward Post-expressionism. According to Roh, expressionism uses abnormal objects as its focal point to serve as the basis of the differentiation. Reality is used in order to show this separation, and the most common pieces of reality that are distorted to display this separation are religious figures and animals.
According to Roh, the strange and unnatural are used in magical realism because there is no need to paint ordinary objects; they have already been reproduced in the past. Roh then states how objectivity is so important to magic and realism because nature is so often displayed, unlike in music and architecture, where objectivity is not so important. Objectivity limits impressionism and futurism while post-expressionism allows for full objectivity which Roh claims to be the most satisfying part about painting.
With magical realism, painting becomes a form of creation rather than imitation. Roh claims that it is used as a “window into a different reality.” In Roh's opinion, magical realism paintings are the most fantastic forms of art by far.
Flores – Main Ideas
Angel Flores, speaking on the criticism receives, claims that magical realism authors have tried to get these critics on their side for many years by adding more romanticism and naturalism to the literature. Flores claims that this time period has the most talented writers ever combining forces to cultivate the art of fiction. Flores feels that this was accomplished and Latin America now has “authentic expression.”