Lighting up: magical realism and resistance to dictatorships in Latin America

Authors

  • Gretha Leite Maia Universidade Federal do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21119/anamps.22.371-388

Keywords:

magical realism, dictatorship, Latin America

Abstract

This is a study that articulates the literary genre magical realism and the movement of resistance to military dictatorships in Latin America during the twentieth century. For that, the definition of the fantastic literary genre from T. Todorov is examined. The reasons for using fantastic fiction after the development of a realistic literature are investigated below. Finally, two works representative of Latin American fantastic realism are analyzed: Incident in Antares, by the Brazilian writer Erico Verissimo, and The House of the Spirits, by the Chilean writer Isabel Allende. This path allowed us to conclude that magical realism collaborated with the resistance to the military dictatorships in Latin America and fulfills the function of constructing and preserving the collective memory of this historical period.

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Author Biography

Gretha Leite Maia, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Professora adjunta do Departamento de Direito Processual da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal do Ceará. Pesquisadora-líder do Grupo de Pesquisa Democracia e Direito

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Published

2016-12-30

How to Cite

MAIA, Gretha Leite. Lighting up: magical realism and resistance to dictatorships in Latin America. ANAMORPHOSIS - International Journal of Law and Literature, Porto Alegre, v. 2, n. 2, p. 371–388, 2016. DOI: 10.21119/anamps.22.371-388. Disponível em: https://periodicos.rdl.org.br/anamps/article/view/92. Acesso em: 11 jun. 2026.

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2016): julho-dezembro

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